a sharp-pointed metal stick used in driving an elephant; an elephant-goad.

= ಶರಣು.

= ಶರಣು - 1.

he who protects, delivers from danger, distress, misery, etc.; a protector; a deliverer.

a place of refuge; a shelter; a house.

a devotee, who has submitted himself to a god.

ಶರಣರ ಬಾಳು ಮರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡು śaraṇara bāḷu maraṇadalli nōḍu (prov.) a man who lives a pious life, will have a peaceful death; as a man lives, so shall he die.

boiled.

cooked.

wet; moistened; soaked (in water).

the plant Amorphophallus campanulatum ( = Arum campanulatum) of Araceae family.

its edible, starchy, tuberous root; elephant yam.

rice gruel.

a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line; a row.

any hierarchical system (as in the gradation in official hierarchy).

a group of persons; a multitude.

a congregation or assembly of merchants.

a group of students taught together according to standing, subject, etc.; a class.

stage, position, elevation or rank considered as one of the planes in a scale of values.

a kind of medicinal plant.

cooked; baked.

a crippled, disabled man.

= ಶ್ರೋಣ2.

the hip and loins; the buttocks.

a path, way, road.

shelter or protection from danger, difficulty, etc.; refuge.

a submissive salutation.

ಶರಣಾಗು śaraṇāgu to give protection, shelter to; 2. to accept the defeat and beg for protection; to seek refuge; 3. to yield to another on demand or under compulsion; 4. to give oneself (to a habit, vice, etc.).

ಶರಣು ಮಾಡು śaraṇu māḍu to prostrate before a god or a revered person; 2. to present (something) respectfully; to submit; ಶರಣುಹೊಡೆ śaraṇu hoḍe = ಶರಣು ಮಾಡು -1; 2. to give up or abandon; to surrender;ಶರಣುಹೋಗು śaraṇu hōgu = ಶರಣಾಗು - 2.

a woman who has submitted herself to a god.

dried; turned pale; withered.

not new; old.

worn; damaged by use or wear.

split; cleaved.

lean; emaciated.

fit for cutting; sharp; keen.

a grade order or class of a body of people, animals or things ranked one above the other, with respect to authority or dominance, esp. in logical and scientific classifications.