The Sanskrit term Ananyaśaraṇa can be transliterated into English as Ananyasarana or Ananyasharana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Ananyaśaraṇa (अनन्यशरण) refers to “(having) no other refuge”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “The Buddha said to Ānanda: ‘Henceforth after my departure, you yourself will be your own refuge (ātmaśaraṇa), the Dharma will be your refuge (dharmaśaraṇa), and you will have no other refuge (ananyaśaraṇa). How, O Bhikṣu, will you be your own refuge, how will the Dharma be your refuge, and how will you have no other refuge? The Bhikṣu considers his own body; he always dedicates to it his full attention (ekacitta), his wisdom (prajñā), his zeal (prayatna), his energy (vīrya) and he rejects the worldly desires and resulting dissatisfactions. In the same way, he considers the body of another, then his own body and that of another at the same time. [...]’.”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ananyaśaraṇa (अनन्यशरण).—a S That has no other asylum or refuge.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ananyaśaraṇa (अनन्यशरण).—a That has no other refuge or asylum.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sharana, Ananya.

Full-text: Atmasharana, Dharmasharana, Prayatna.

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