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Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निराश्रयnirāśrayamfn. shelterless R.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective shelterless R.
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective supportless, having or offering no prop or stay, destitute, alone MBh. Ka1v. etc.
3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not deep (varia lectio that the rest of a word is to be suppliedशय), lying open Sus3r.
In the Gita4·20

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṁ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ, — Having abandoned all attachment to the fruits of his works, ever satisfied without any kind of dependence, he does nothing though (through his nature)… 4·20
- निराश्रयःnirāśrayaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective nirāśraya (without any kind of dependence).
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