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saraṇañca

saraṇa

adj

1. harmful; malign; unpeaceful; (comm) defiled; lit. with conflict
2. shelter; refuge; help; epithet of Nibbāna; lit. going to
3. remembering
4. house; home; shelter; lit. going to
5. walking stick; staff; lit. going to

Analysis. saraṇaṃ + ca

Etymology. sa + √raṇ + a; from √raṇ 'conflict, make war'; Sanskrit saraṇa [raṇ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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