ASrayaH [ ASri-ac ] 1 A restingplace, seat, substratum; sOhfdAdapfTagASrayAmimAM U. 1. 45 v. l. ; so ASrayAsidDa q. v. below. 2 That on which anything depends or rests, or with which it is closely connected. 3 Recipient, receptacle, a person or thing in which any quality is present or retained &c.; tamASrayaM duzprasahasya tejasaH R. 3. 58. 4 ( a ) A place of refuge, asylum; shelter; BartA vE hyASrayaH strIRAM Vet. ; tadahamASrayonmUlanenEva tvAmakAmAM karomi Mu. 2. ( b ) A dwelling, house. 5 Having recourse or resort to, resort; oft. in comp. sABUdrAmASrayA BUyaH R. 12. 35 ; nAnASrayA prakftiH &c. 6 Following, practising; Ms. 2. 11. 7 Choosing, taking, attaching oneself to. 8 Dependence on; oft. in comp. ; mama sarve vizayAstvadASrayAH R. 8. 69. 9 Patron, supporter; vinASrayaM na tizWaMti paMqitA vanitA latAH Udb. 10 A prop, support; R. 9. 60. 11 Help, assistance, protection. 12 A quiver; bARamASrayamuKAt samudDaran R. 11. 26. 13 Authority, sanction, warrant. 14 Connection, relation, association. 15 Union, attachment. 16 A plea, an excuse. 17 Contiguity, vicinity. 18 Seeking shelter or protection with another (= saMSraya ), one of the six gunas , q. v. 19 An appropriate act, or one consistent with character. 20 Source, origin. 21 (In gram. ) The subject, or that to which the predicate is attached. 22 (With Buddhists) The five organs of sense with Manas or mind. Comp. — asidDaH, -dDiH f. a kind of fallacy, one of the three sub-divisions of asidDa ; (that whose substratum is false or fictitious); e. g. gagamAraniMdaM suraBi araviMdatva tsarojAraviMdavat . — ASaH, -Buj a. consuming every thing with which it comes in contact. — (SaH, -k) 1 fire; durvfttaH kriyate DUrtEH SrImAnAtmavivfdDaye . kiM nAma KalasaMsargaH kurute nASrayASavat .. Udb. 2 a forfeiter of asylum. 3 the constellation kfttikA . — BUta a. one who is the refuge or support (of another person). — liMgaM an adjective (a word which must agree in gender ( pb ) with the word which it qualifies or refers to).