Rakshasa, Rākṣasa, Rakṣasa: 41 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Rākṣasa and Rakṣasa can be transliterated into English as Raksasa or Rakshasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Rākṣasa (राक्षस):—(von 2. rakṣas)

1) adj. (f. ī) den Rakṣas eigen, rakshasisch: vāc [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 7.] vivāha (dharma, vidhi) [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 6, 8.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 21. 23. fg. 26. 33.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 113, 23. 134, 27. fg.] mantra [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 10, 14.] vidhi [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 31.] prakṛti [Bhagavadgītā 9, 12.] astra [Harivaṃśa 10616.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 30, 17.] rūpa [3, 48, 11.] kāyalakṣaṇa [Suśruta 1, 336, 2.] senā, bala [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 30, 45. 7, 23, 3, 45.] purī [5, 9, 31.] māyā [7, 15, 30.] yoni [Kathāsaritsāgara 42, 206.] śīla [66, 16.] karman [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 14, 12.] rātrau śrāddhaṃ na kurvīta rākṣasī kīrtitā hi sā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 280.] —

2) m. a) = 2. rakṣas

2) = 3. rakṣas gaṇa prajñādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 38.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 55.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 187.] [Medinīkoṣa s. 31.] [Halāyudha 1, 73. 87.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 106.] [MAITRYUP. 1, 4.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5927.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 40. 45.] [Suśruta 1, 16, 16. 112, 3.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 68.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 37.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 280. fg.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 286. 355.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 8.] [Pañcatantra 182, 22.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 31, 11. fgg.] im nakṣatracakra neben deva und mānuṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 96],a. rakṣāma iti yairuktaṃ rākṣasāste bhavantu vaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 4, 13.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 41.] rājya [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 80, 16.] rākṣasendra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 5.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5979.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 55, 35.] rākṣaseśa [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 706,] [Scholiast] rākṣaseśvara [Mahābhārata 1, 5962.] [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 15, 30.] entstehen aus Brahman's Füssen [Harivaṃśa 11794.] Kinder Pulastya's [Mahābhārata 1, 2571.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 5,] [Nalopākhyāna 13.] der Khasā [Harivaṃśa 11552.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 150.] der Surasā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa 149, Nalopākhyāna 15.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 41, 8. 5, 26, 37. 34, 3. 80, 16. 28. fg. 88, 24.] ī (fehlerhaft) [26, 39.] rāja so v. a. ein Teufel von König [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 277.] Nach gaṇa parśvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 117] ist rākṣasa ein Fürst der Rakṣas; nach [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 91] bilden die Rākṣasa bei den Jaina eine Unterabtheilung der Vyantara. — b) Bez. des 30ten Muhūrta [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 296.] — c) m. one of the astronomical Yogas or divisions of the moon’s path [Asiatick Researches 9, 336.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Ministers Nanda's [Mudrārākṣasa 34, 2. fgg. 153, 5.] eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 124,b,14.] —

3) m. n. Bez. des 49ten Jahres im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.8,45. 47.] [Oxforder Handschriften 332,a,5.] —

4) f. ī a) ein weibliches Rakṣas [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 247.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 753.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5940. 3, 2519.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 44. 3, 30. 28, 7. 2, 74, 8. 3, 23, 12. 62, 34. 4, 41, 38. 5, 27, 9. 6, 108, 35.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 121, 1.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 61.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 29, 128. fgg.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 231. fgg.] Insel der Rākṣasī [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 428.] rākṣasālaya = laṅkā [Sūryasiddhānta 1, 62.] rajani die Nacht als nächtliche Unholdin [Kathāsaritsāgara 98, 1.] rākṣasī auch Bez. einer best. Unholdin, welche in einer der [4] Ecken eines Hauses sich aufhält, [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 83.] — b) Nacht [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 18]; vgl. oben unter

1) am Ende und sāyāhnastrimuhūrtaḥ syāt śrāddhaṃ tatra na kārayet . rākṣasī nāma sā velā garhitā sarvakarmasu .. [Tithyāditattva im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) eine Art Parfum (caṇḍā) [Amarakoṣa 2, 4,4, 16.] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Spitzzahn, Fangzahn [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — Vgl. apetarākṣasī, apreta, jala, preta, brahmarākṣasa, bhṛgu, mānuṣa .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Rakṣasa (रक्षस):—in asurarakṣasa.

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Rākṣasa (राक्षस):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) den Rakahas eigen , rakshasisch. vivāha m. [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] —

2) m. — a) ein Rakṣas , nächtlicher Unhold. rāja so v.a. ein Teufel von Fürst. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā ( ī fehlerhaft). — b) *ein Fürst des Kriegerstammes Rakṣas — c) der 30ste Muhūrta. — d) ein best. astr. Yoga. — e) Nomen proprium — α) eines Ministers des Nanda. — β) eines Dichters. —

3) m. n. das 49ste Jahr im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus.

4) f. ī — a) f. zu 2)a). — b) *Nacht. — c) *eine best. Pflanze , = caṇḍā. — d) *Spitzzahn , Fangzahn. — e) Nomen proprium einer Yoginī [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,1,93,7.9.]

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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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