| rakṣa | रक्ष | rakṣá mf(I)n. (f(A). See p. 860) guarding, watching, protecting, serving |
| a watcher, keeper, [Suparṇ.]; [MBh.] &c. (mostly ifc.; cf. kṣetra-, go-, cakra-r° &c.) |
| in comp. for rakṣas. |
| rakṣaḥ | रक्षः | in comp. for rakṣas. |
| rakṣas | रक्षस् | rákṣas mfn. guarding, watching (see pathir°) |
| rákṣas n. ‘anything to be guarded against or warded off’, harm, injury, damage, [RV.] |
| (in [RV.] & [AV.] also rakṣás, m.) an evil being or demon, a Rākṣasa (q.v.; in [VP.] identified with Nirṛti or Nairṛta), [RV.]; &c. |
| pl. N. of a warlike race g. parśv-ādi. |
| rakṣaṇā | रक्षणा | f. guarding, protection, [Śak.] (v.l.), [Pañcar.] |
| rakṣaṇī | रक्षणी | f. a rein, bridle, [L.] |
| Ficus Heterophylla, [L.] |
| rakṣaṇa | रक्षण | m. ‘protector’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] |
| rákṣaṇa (rá°), n. the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. |
| a ceremony performed for protection or preservation, [MārkP.] |
| rakṣaka | रक्षक | mf(ikA)n. = 1. rakṣa, [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.]; [Hit.] (cf. aṅga-, go-, dhana-r° &c.) |
| rakṣaīśa | रक्षईश | rakṣa—īśa m. ‘lord of the Rākṣasas’, N. of Rāvaṇa, [L.] |
| rakṣasya | रक्षस्य | rakṣasyà mf(A)n. useful for (keeping off) Rākṣasas, anti-demoniacal, [TS.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 121]). |
| rakṣaṇīya | रक्षणीय | mfn. to be guarded or preserved or protected from (abl.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. |
| to be ruled by (gen. or instr.), [R.]; [Kathās.] |
| to be guarded against or prevented or avoided, [Kathās.] |
| rakṣapāla | रक्षपाल | rakṣa—pāla m. a protector, guard, [Pañcat.] |
| rakṣastva | रक्षस्त्व | rakṣas—tvá n. the nature of a Rākṣasa, fiendishness, malice, [RV.] |
| rakṣasvin | रक्षस्विन् | rakṣas—vín mfn. demoniacal, evil-disposed, malignant, [RV.]; [AV.] |
| rakṣaḥpāla | रक्षःपाल | rakṣaḥ—pāla mfn. protecting from R°, [MatsyaP.] |
| rakṣaḥpati | रक्षःपति | rakṣaḥ—pati m. ‘lord of the Rākṣasas’, N. of Rāvaṇa, [Subh.] |
| rakṣaḥsabha | रक्षःसभ | rakṣaḥ—sabha n. an assemblage or multitude of Rākṣasas, [L.] |
| rakṣakāmbā | रक्षकाम्बा | f. N. of a woman, [Cat.] |
| rakṣaspāśa | रक्षस्पाश | rakṣas—pāśa m. a contemptible R° or demon, [W.] (cf. under pāśa). |
| rakṣaṇārtham | रक्षणार्थम् | ind. for the sake of guarding or protecting, [MW.] |
| rakṣaṇāraka | रक्षणारक | m. morbid retention of urine, [L.] (v.l. rakṣaṇīraka). |
| rakṣaṇīraka | रक्षणीरक | See rakṣaṇāraka. |
| rakṣaṇopāya | रक्षणोपाय | [ib.] a means of safety, [ib.] |
| rakṣapālaka | रक्षपालक | rakṣa—pālaka m. id. (f. ikA), [Pañcad.] |
| rakṣapuruṣa | रक्षपुरुष | rakṣa—puruṣa w.r. for rakṣā-p°, [Pañcat.] |
| rakṣabhagavatī | रक्षभगवती | rakṣa—bhagavatī f. = prajñā-pāramitā, [Buddh.] |