Sharanya Name Meaning — What the Dictionaries Record

शरण्य śaraṇya

neuter 3 syllables SLP1 SaraRya

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

As a deity name

Name 634 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha

Name 22 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

Name 845 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu

Name 55 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages

As a Hindi name

शरण्य · adj

शरण में आए हुए की रक्षा करनेवाला । उ—रक्षण करिहैं अवशि हमारा । प्रभु ब्रह्मण्य शरण्य उदारा ।—भक्तमाल (शब्द॰) · रक्षणीय । शरण देने़ योग्य (को॰) · दुःखी । अवलंबहीन (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

शरण्य · noun · masculine

आश्रयस्थान · रक्षा । त्राण · हिंसा — Śabdasāgara

शरण्य · śaraṇya · part.

Fit or good for refuge; to be protected or aided, needing protection, poor, helpless, miserable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 726

As a Sanskrit word

affording shelter, yielding help or protection to (gen. or comp.), &c.

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "śaraṇya" is the vocative of "śaraṇyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.