रक्ष्

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to defend”). Compare Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”), Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʿ) (an Iranian loanword) and 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

• रक्षक (rakṣaka)
• रक्षण (rakṣaṇa)
• रक्षा (rakṣā)
• रक्षति (rakṣati)
• रक्षित (rakṣita)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0859