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rakṣ

cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 6]) rákṣati (Ved. and mc. also °te; pf. rarákṣa, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. arakṣīt, [AV.] &c.; arākṣīt, [Br.]; Prec. rakṣyāt Gr.; fut. rakṣitā, [MBh.]; rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat, [ib.]; rakṣye, [R.]; inf. rakṣitum, [MBh.]), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve (‘from’ abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to tend (cattle), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to rule (the earth or a country), [MBh.]; [Rājat.]; to keep (a secret), [Kathās.]; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings), [Mālav.]; to observe (a law, duty &c.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure, [AV. v, 1]; to beware of [Kathās.]; (Ā.) to heed, attend to (loc.), [RV. i, 72, 5]; (Ā.) to conceal, hide (?), [RV. ix, 68, 4]; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?), [ib.] [x, 68, 1] : Caus. rakṣayati, °te (aor. ararakṣat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93], Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] : Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), [MBh.] : Intens. See rārakṣāṇá.

[Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj or rajj; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]

(ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakṣ).