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"(intransitive) To shelter; to hole up."
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"To return or come back and rely on or upon."
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"sense": "shelter, hole up",
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"roman": "panāh lenā",
"sense": "shelter, hole up",
"word": "پناہ لینا"
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"sense": "to return or come back and rely on or upon",
"word": "皈依"
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"roman": "śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi",
"sense": "to return or come back and rely on or upon",
"word": "शरणं गच्छामि"
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"word": "take refuge"
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