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

• रक्षक (rakṣaka)
• रक्षण (rakṣaṇa)
• रक्षा (rakṣā)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 422