The Sanskrit term Āśrayaṇa can be transliterated into English as Asrayana or Ashrayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).—n S Seeking an asylum or refuge; having recourse to for protection or support. 2 Holding or embracing (an opinion, a doctrine).

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).—a. (-ṇī f.)

1) Resorting to, seeking refuge with; पुनरङ्काश्रयणी भवामि ते (punaraṅkāśrayaṇī bhavāmi te) Kumārasambhava 4.2.

2) Referring to.

-ṇam 1 Betaking oneself to, taking refuge with.

2) Accepting, choosing.

3) Joining.

4) Refuge, asylum.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Refuge, asylum, means of protection or security. E. āṅ before śri to serve, lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).—[-āśrayaṇa], i. e. ā-śri + ana, adj., f. ṇī. 1. Taking refuge. 2. Referring to, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 51.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).—[feminine] ī depending on, relating to (—°); [neuter] going to, seeking, choosing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण):—[=ā-śrayaṇa] [from ā-śri] mf(ī)n. having recourse to, resorting or applying to, seeking refuge or shelter from, [Kumāra-sambhava]

2) [v.s. ...] relating to, concerning, [Vikramorvaśī]

3) [v.s. ...] n. betaking one’s self or applying to

4) [v.s. ...] joining, accepting, choosing

5) [v.s. ...] refuge, asylum, means of protection or security, [Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad; Taittirīya-saṃhitā etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण):—[ā-śrayaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Taking refuge.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ashrayana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āśrayaṇa (ಆಶ್ರಯಣ):—

1) [noun] a shelter or a place that protects a person from danger.

2) [noun] an instance of getting or being in, protection from another.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Shrayana, A.

Ends with: Anyashrayana, Apashrayana, Avashrayana, Durgashrayana, Prashrayana, Samashrayana, Udashrayana, Vyapashrayana.

Full-text: Anyashrayana, Samashrayanam, Samashrayanasampradaya, Durgashrayana, Samashrayana, Ashrayanem.

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