रक्ष्

See also: रक्षा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrakṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to defend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”), Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) (an Iranian loanword), Old English ealgian (“to protect, defend”).

Root

रक्ष् • (rakṣ)

  1. to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve
  2. to tend (cattle)
  3. to rule (the earth or a country)
  4. to keep (a secret)
  5. to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)
  6. to observe (a law, duty &c.)
  7. to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure
  8. to heed, attend to
  9. to conceal, hide

Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रक्ष्‎ (0 c, 2 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • रक्षति (rákṣati, Present)
  • रक्षिष्यति (rakṣiṣyáti, Future)
  • रक्षिता (rakṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
  • अरक्षीत् (árakṣīt, Aorist)
  • ररक्ष (rarákṣa, Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • रक्ष्यते (rakṣyáte, Passive)
  • रक्षयति (rakṣáyati, Causative)
  • रिरक्षिषति (rirakṣiṣati, Desiderative)
  • रारक्ष्यते (rārakṣyate, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • रक्षितुम् (rákṣitum, Infinitive)
  • रक्षित्वा (rakṣitvā́, Gerund)
  • रक्षित (rakṣitá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 859.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 422
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