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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
rakṣasरक्षस्rákṣas 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.
rakṣasyaरक्षस्यrakṣasyà mf(A)n. useful for (keeping off) Rākṣasas, anti-demoniacal, [TS.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 121]).
rakṣastvaरक्षस्त्वrakṣas—tvá n. the nature of a Rākṣasa, fiendishness, malice, [RV.]
rakṣasvinरक्षस्विन्rakṣas—vín mfn. demoniacal, evil-disposed, malignant, [RV.]; [AV.]
rakṣaspāśaरक्षस्पाशrakṣas—pāśa m. a contemptible R° or demon, [W.] (cf. under pāśa).