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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

  • रक्ष् cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 6) र/क्षति (Ved. and mc. also °ते; pf. रर/क्ष, RV. &c. &c.; aor. अरक्षीत्, AV. &c.; अराक्षीत्, Br.; Prec. रक्ष्यात् Gr.; fut. रक्षिता, MBh.; रक्षिष्यति Cond. अरक्षिष्यत्, ib.; रक्ष्ये, R.; inf. रक्षितुम्, 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. रक्षयति, °ते (aor. अररक्षत्, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93 Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), Kāv.; Pañcat. :
    Desid. रिरक्षति, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), MBh. :
    Intens. See रारक्षाण/.
  • रक्ष् [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like रज् or रज्ज्; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]
  • रक्ष् (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (See गोरक्ष्).

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

  • रक्ष् 1 P. (रक्षति, रक्षित)
    1 To protect, guard, take care of, watch, tend (as cattle); rule, govern (as earth); भवानिमां प्रतिकृतिं रक्षतु Ś. 6; ज्ञास्यसि कियद्भु जो मे रक्षति मौर्वीकिणांक इति Ś. 1. 13.
    2 To keep, not to divulge; रहस्यं रक्षति.
    3 To preserve, save, keep away from, spare (often with abl.); सखीजनादुपहसनीयतां रक्षामि Mk. 4; दर्शनपथ द्रक्ष्यते Ratn. 1; अलब्धं चैव लिप्सेत लब्धं रक्षेदवक्षयात् H. 2. 8; आपदर्थे धनं रक्षेत् H. 1. 42; R. 2. 50, 11. 87.
    4 To avoid; रक्षंती बाष्पमोक्षं K.; Mu. 1. 2.