श्रयति

Sanskrit

verb
Definitions
  • to cause to lean or rest on, lay on or in, fix on, fasten to, direct or turn towards, (especially) spread or diffuse (light or radiance or beauty) over (+ locative)
  • to lean on, rest on, recline against (+ accusative), cling to (+ locative), be supported or fixed or depend on, abide in or on (+ accusative, locative or adverb)
  • to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to (for help or refuge), tend towards (+ accusative)
  • to go into, enter, fall to the lot or take possession of (+ accusative or locative)
  • to attain, undergo, get into any state or condition (+ accusative)
  • to assume
  • to show, betray (heroism)
  • to honour, worship

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śráyati inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyati inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyeti, *ḱley- (lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱley-

Gloss

lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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