Raksha, Raksa, Raksā, Rakṣa, Rakṣā, Rākṣā: 29 definitions
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Raksha has 27 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Rakṣa and Rakṣā and Rākṣā can be transliterated into English as Raksa or Raksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchRakṣa (रक्ष):—(von 1. rakṣ)
1) nom. ag. (f. ī) Wächter, Hüter: nṛpasya rakṣānpariharāmi (rakṣāṃ v. l. [Mṛcchakaṭikā 55, 23. 58, 18] (s. d. Anmm.). am Ende eines comp. bewachend, beschützend, hütend, erhaltend: nṛpa (bhṛtya) [Spr. 783, v. l.] pratihārarakṣī Thorwächterin [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 20.] nadīrakṣa [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 84, 7.] gajapāda [Mahābhārata 4, 2092.] jagadrakṣa [Harivaṃśa 15686.] teṣāṃ dharmaikarakṣāṇām bewahrend, beobachtend [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 73, 19.] Vgl. kṣetra, go, cakra, turaga, pāda, pura, pṛṣṭha, loka, senā, soma . —
2) rakṣā a) Schutz, Erhaltung, Bewahrung [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 569.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 23.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 23.] syādrājño (nāmadheyaṃ) rakṣāsamanvitam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 32. 4, 153.] [Mahābhārata 3, 12772.] [Śākuntala 47.] niyukto rakṣāvidhau [Kathāsaritsāgara 34, 72.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 3, 8. 10, 82, 6.] kṛtarakṣa dem Schutz gewährt ist [Suśruta 1, 17, 21.] yadaśakyarakṣam [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 40.] das obj. im gen. [Mahābhārata 3, 2624.] rakṣāṃ karotu satataṃ vṛddhabālasya sarvaśaḥ [5, 5429.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 14, 21.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 8.] [Meghadūta 44.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 8, 13.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 96, 43.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 3, 15. fg.] [Pañcatantra 51, 14. 157, 7.] rakṣārthamasya sarvasya rājānamasṛjatprabhuḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 3.] jagataḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 8, 7.] mayi sṛṣṭirhi lokānāṃ rakṣā yuṣmāsvavasthitā [Kumārasaṃbhava 2, 28.] sṛṣṭirakṣāvināśanaiḥ (so ist zu lesen) [Harivaṃśa 14932.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 7, 9. 14.] goviprasurasādhūnāṃ chandasām dharmasyārthasya caiva [8, 24, 5.] vanasya [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 60, 20.] yajñasya [1, 20, 4.] annasya [Suśruta 1, 10, 10.] das obj. im comp. vorangehend (Accent eines solchen comp. gaṇa ghoṣādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 85]): bhṛtya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 4, 48.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 164. 23, 2.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 108.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 12.] prajāsarga [4, 30, 51.] loka [Mahābhārata 1, 1153.] tapovanasattva [Śākuntala 17, 20.] āvāsa [Pañcatantra 184, 8.] gṛha [Hitopadeśa 50, 6.] śarīra [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 4.] deha [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 91, 6.] kṣiti [Śākuntala 179.] samayasetu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 4, 5.] saktu [Hitopadeśa 115, 1, v. l.] pakvaśālivanasphīti [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 22.] jīvita [Mahābhārata 12, 4274.] aucityānvaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 11.] śīta Schutz vor der Kälte [Pañcatantra 93, 7.] harirvidadhyānmama sarvarakṣām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 8, 10.] patha (am Ende eines adj. comp., f. ā) Schutz auf der Reise [Kathāsaritsāgara 43, 258.] Vgl. nagara — b) Wache (concret): nṛpasya rakṣāṃ pariharāmi [Mṛcchakaṭikā 55, 23, v. l.] vidhāya rakṣām [KĀM. NĪTIS. 15, 44.] Vgl. aṅga . — c) was zum Schutze dient, eine zum Schutz einer Person vorgenommene Handlung; Amulet, mystische Zeichen: kṛtvā rakṣāṃ nirāmayām [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 62, 18.] kṛtvā manomayīṃ rakṣām [AMṚTAN. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 30.] yaśodārohiṇībhyāṃ tāḥ samaṃ bālasya sarvataḥ . rakṣāṃ vidadhire samyaggopucchabhramaṇādibhiḥ .. gomūtreṇa snāpayitvā punargorajasārbhakam . rakṣāṃ cakruśca śakṛtā dvādaśāṅgeṣu nāmabhiḥ .. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 6, 19. fg.] [Suśruta 1, 16, 12. 15. 71, 13.] vidhāna [2, 16, 11.] sarvarakṣāsamanvita [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 269. 283.] oṣadhīṃ cāpi siddhārthāṃ viśalyakaraṇīṃ tathā . cakāra rakṣāṃ kausalyā mantrairabhijajāpa ca .. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 25, 36.] bandha [Weber’s Verzeichniss 136,a,132.] [?(Oxforder Handschriften 35,a,13). Viṣṇupurāṇa 506.] rakṣāśca caiva gṛhe lekhyāḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 51, 37.] — d) Schutzgottheit; vgl. pañca, mahā . — e) Asche (als Schutzmittel) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 828.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Halāyudha.1,69.] [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 184,a,31.]
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Rakṣā (रक्षा):—1. (von 1. rakṣ) f. s. u. rakṣa .
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Rakṣā (रक्षा):—2. f. = rākṣā, lākṣā Lack [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 23.]
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Rākṣā (राक्षा):—f. = lākṣā Lack [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 62.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 685.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungRakṣa (रक्ष):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) bewachend , beschützend , hütend , erhaltend , bewahrend , beobachtend ; m. Wächter , Hüter , [Suparṇādhya 27,1.] Gewöhnlich in Comp. mit dem Object. —
2) f. rakṣā — a) Schutz , Erhaltung , Bewahrung. Häufig in Comp. mit dem Wessen , ausnahmsweise mit dem Wovor oder Wo. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) Wache (concret.) — c) was zum Schutze dient , eine zum Schutz einer Person vorgenommene Handlung ; Amulet , mystische Zeichen. — d) Asche.
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Rakṣā (रक्षा):—1. f. s. rakṣa 2).
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Rakṣā (रक्षा):—2. f. = rākṣā lākṣā [Bhāvaprakāśa 1.176.] (Hdschr.).
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Rākṣā (राक्षा):—f. Lack ( lākṣā).
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