As a deity name
Name 527 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
शरणी · adj
शरण देनेवाली — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "शरणी" is शरण + -ई: शरण means "shelter, refuge", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "शरणी" is शरण + -ई: शरण means "shelter, refuge", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "शरणी" is शरण + -ई: शरण means "shelter, refuge", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. for śaraṇa.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śaraṇī" is the nominative dual of "śaraṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śaraṇī See saraṇi, ṇī.
śaraṇī in comp. for śaraṇa.
śaraṇī (ṇiḥ f.) 1 A road, path. 2 The earth. 3 A row, line.
1. śaraṇi f. (for 2. See under 2. śaraṇa) refractoriness, obstinacy, RV.; AV. (others ‘hurt, injury, offence’).
2. śaraṇi See saraṇi, ṇī.
Alternative readings
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