Araksha, Ārakṣa: 11 definitions
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Araksha has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ārakṣa can be transliterated into English as Araksa or Araksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀrakṣa (आरक्ष):—(von rakṣ mit ā)
1) adj. bewacht, beschützt, = rakṣāyukta [Śabdaratnāvalī] zu bewachen, = rakṣaṇīya [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. Schutz, Wache, = rakṣaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 729.] teṣāmārakṣabhūtaṃ tu pūrvaṃ daivaṃ niyojayet . rakṣāṃsi hi vilumpanti śrāddhamārakṣavarjitam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 204.] ceratuścārakṣagatau tau senāṃ sarvato diśam [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 75, 2.] rākṣasān śataśastasminnārakṣe madhyame sthitān [10, 22.] śūnyasaṃvaraṇārakṣām (rājadhānīm) [2, 88, 19.] Auch f. ārakṣā [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 3, 5]; gṛhe paryantasthe draviṇakaṇamoṣaṃ śrutavatā svaveśmānyārakṣā (l. svaveśmanyā) kriyate . —
3) m. die Gegend, wo die beiden Erhöhungen auf der Stirn des Elephanten zusammenstossen (kumbhasaṃdhi), [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 37.] die Gegend unterhalb dieser beiden Erhöhungen (hastikumbhādhaḥ) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1226.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 729.]
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Ārakṣa (आरक्ष):—
2) ārakṣasya (so die ed. Bomb.) vidhiṃ kṛtvā yodhānāṃ tatra [Mahābhārata 5, 5409.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀrakṣa (आरक्ष):——
1) m. und kṣā f. ([Indische sprüche 2196]) Schutz , Wache. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) m. *eine best. Stelle auf der Stirn eines Elephanten.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with (+76): Angaraksha, Annapanaraksha, Annaraksha, Aparaksha, Ashvaraksha, Atmaraksha, Balaraksha, Baraksha, Bhagavadgitarthasamgraharaksha, Bhagavadgitharthasamgraharaksha, Brahmanaraksha, Cakaraksha, Cakraraksha, Caraksha, Chakaraksha, Charaksha, Deharaksha, Desharaksha, Dhanaraksha, Dharmaraksha.
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