# शरणागति (śaraṇāgati)

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शरणागति (śaraṇāgati) is a Sanskrit word meaning approach for protection, falling at the feet of the Devi for protection.

- **SLP1:** `SaraRAgati`  **IAST:** śaraṇāgati  **Devanagari:** शरणागति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharanagati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sharanagati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- approach for protection  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1057,1] शरणा (śaraṇā) गति (gati) f. approach for pr° [ ID=213680 ]
- falling at the feet of the Devi for protection  
  *The Purana Index*
  > शरणागति (śaraṇāgati) [Printed book page 3-387 ] Śaraṇāgati — the act of falling at the feet of the Devī for protection, sixfold. Br. IV. 41. 74-81. [ ID=14152 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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