Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

1. 1 Parasmaipada (रक्षति, रक्षित)
2. To protect, guard, take care of, watch, tend (as cattle); rule, govern (as earth); भवानिमां प्रतिकृतिं रक्षतु Ś.6; ज्ञास्यसि कियद् भुजो मे रक्षति मौर्वीकिणाङ्क इति Ś.1 13; अरक्षितं तिष्ठति दैवरक्षितं सुरक्षितं तद्विहतं विनश्यति । Bh.
3. To keep, not to divulge; रहस्यं रक्षति.
4. To preserve, save, keep away from, spare (often with Ablative); सखीजनादुपहसनीयतां रक्षामि Mk.4; दर्शनपथाद्रक्ष्यते Ratn.1; अलब्धं चैव लिप्सेत लब्धं रक्षेदवक्षयात् H.2.8; आपदर्थे धनं रक्षेत् H.1.42; Parasmaipada2.5; 11.87.
5. To avoid; रक्षन्ती बाष्पमोक्षम् K.; Mu.1.2.
6. To observe (as a law, duty).
7. To beware of.

1. class1 Parasmaipada (Dha1tup. xvii, 6) र्/अक्षति (Vedic or Veda and mc. also that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते; perfect tense रर्/अक्ष fg-veda etc.; Aorist अरक्षीत् AV. etc.; अराक्षीत् Breton; Prec. रक्ष्यात् grammar; future रक्षिता MBh.; रक्षिष्यति Conditional अरक्षिष्यत् ibidem; रक्ष्ये R.; infinitive mood रक्षितुम् MBh.), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve ("from" ablative) fg-veda etc.; to tend (cattle) Mn. MBh. R.; to rule (the earth or a country) MBh. Ra1jat.; to keep (a secret) Katha1s.; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings) Ma1lav.; to observe (a law, duty etc.) fg-veda MBh.; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure AV. v, 1; to beware of Katha1s.; (Atmane-pada) to heed, attend to (locative case) fg-veda i, 72, 5; (Atmane-pada) to conceal, hide (?) fg-veda ix, 68, 4; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?) ibidem x, 68, 1 : Causal रक्षयति, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedते (Aorist अररक्षत् Pa1n2. 7-4, 93 Scholiast or Commentator), to guard, watch, save or protect from (ablative) Ka1v. Pan5cat. : Desiderative रिरक्षति, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (ablative) MBh. : Intensive see रारक्षाण्/अ . ([Prob. a kind of Desiderative of some root like रज् or रज्ज्; confer, compare Greek ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Latin arx, arceo .])
2. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') guarding, watching etc. (see गोरक्ष्).

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