pratiṣraya | प्रतिष्रय | pratiSraya

prati-ṣraya | प्रति-ष्रय | m. (√ ṣri | ष्रि |) refuge, help, assistance, MBh.
a place of refuge, shelter, asylum, house, dwelling, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a receptacle, recipient (tvaṃ tasya pratiṣrayaḥ | त्वं तस्य प्रतिष्रयः |, ‘you know all this’), MBh.
a jaina-monastery, HPariś.
an almshouse, a place where food &c. is given away, L.
a place of sacrifice, L.
an assembly, L.

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