संश्रय

{ saṃśrayḥ }

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f 
 m  Support, shelter, protection.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. आधार ; आश्रय ; आसरा . [ सं . सम् ‍ + श्री ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सं-श्रय  n.  m. ( ifc. f( आ).) conjunction, combination, connection, association ( ifc. ‘joined or connected with’), relationship or reference to ( ifc. ‘relating to’, ‘referring to’; °यात् ind. ‘in consequence of’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

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सं श्रय

कलि-स्°   going or resorting or betaking one's self to any person or place ( loc. or comp.), going for refuge or protection, having recourse to ( cf.), [MBh.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

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कलि स्°

league, alliance, leaguing together for mutual protection (one of the 6 गुणs of a king), [Mn. vii, 160]; [Yājñ.] &c.
a refuge, asylum, shelter, resting or dwelling-place, residence, home ( ifc. ‘residing with’, ‘living or dwelling or resting in or on’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
°यात्  n. devotion to, attachment to ( ifc. ‘devoted or attached to’; ind. ‘by means or help of’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
an aim, object, [MW.]
a piece or portion belonging to anything, [MBh.]
N. of a प्रजा-पति, [R.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

संश्रयः [saṃśrayḥ]   1 A resting or dwelling place, residence, habitation; त्वं सदा संश्रयः शैल स्वर्गमार्गाभिकाञ्क्षिणाम् [Mb.3.42.22;] परस्परविरोधिन्योरेकसंश्रयदुर्लभम् [V.5.24;] [R.6.41;] oft. at the end of comp. in this sense and translated by 'residing with', 'relating or pertaining to', 'with reference to', ज्ञातिकुलैकसंश्रयाम् [Ś.5.17;] नौसंश्रयः [R.16.57;] [U.3.17;] मनोरथोऽस्याः शशिमौलिसंश्रयः [Ku.5.6;] द्विसंश्रयां प्रीतिमवाप लक्ष्मीः 1.43; एकार्थसंश्रयमुभयोः प्रयोगम् [M.1.]
Seeking protection or shelter with, fleeing for refuge, forming or seeking alliance, leaguing together for mutual protection; one of the 6 guṇas or expedients in politics; see under गुण also; संश्रयवृत्तिः [Kau.A.7;] [Ms.7.16.]
Resort, refuge, asylum, protection, shelter; अनपायिनि संश्रयद्रुमे गजभग्ने पतनाय वल्लरी [Ku.4.31;] [Me.17;] [Pt.1.22.]
Attachment (for home, relatives &c.). तथा प्रयत्नं कुर्वीत यथा मुच्येत संश्रयात् [Mb.12.293.2.]
A piece or portion belonging to anything. -Comp.
-कृत,   -कारितp. p. caused by alliance; यदि तत्रापि संपश्येद्दोषं संश्रयकारितम् [Ms.7.176.]

Shabda-Sagara

संश्रय  m.  ( -यः)
1. Protection, refuge, asylum.
2. Seeking the alliance of a powerful prince, as a safety against actual or future enemies, (one of the six Guṇas in polities.)
3. Pertaining to, (when used at the end of a compound.)
E. सम् intensitive, श्रि to serve, aff. अच् .

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सम् श्रि अच् .