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

a submissive salutation.

the act or fact of moving; movement.

a flowing; a continuous flow; a stream.

the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture; rust.

a heap of wood on which a dead body is burned; a pile; a pyre.

(correctly, ಶರಣ) (masc.) a devotee who has submitted himself to a god.

a path, course or way.

a method, way or manner in which something is done or to be done.

manner or mode of expression in language, as distinct from the ideas expressed; style.

an uninterrupted, continuous line or row.

a group or number of similar or related things arranged in a row; a series.

a group or number of related or similar persons, things or events coming one after another; sequence; succession; a series.

a number of things produced as a related group; a set, as of books or television programmes, related in subject, format, etc. or dealing with the same characters; a serial.

a number of games played between two teams, usu. at different places; a series.

a particular type of throat disease.

(correctly, ಶರಣೆ) (fem.) a devotee who has submitted herself to a god.

a class of gods, considered as celistial musicians.

a member of that class.

a musical sound or note.

a kind of perfume.

a washing the floor with this or with cow-dung.

= ಸಾರಣ3 - 2.

a plastering of a wall.