śárman n. (prob. fr. √śri and connected with 1. śaraṇa, śarīra) shelter, protection, refuge, safety RV. &c

• &c

• a house Naigh. iii, 4

• Joy, bliss, comfort, delight, happiness (often at the end of names of Brāhmans, just as varman is added to the names of Kshatriyas, and gupta to those of Vaiśyas) Yājñ. MBh. Kāv. &c

• N. of partic. formulas VarYogay. [Page 1058, Column 3]

• identified with śarva (cf. Kauś.) and with vāc (cf. AitBr.)

• mfn. happy, prosperous W.