rakṣ cl. 1. P. (cf. Dhātup. xvii, 6) rákṣati (Ved. and m. c. also ○te • pf. rarákṣa RV. &c;. &c;• aor. arakṣīt AV. &c;• arākṣīt Br. • Prec. rakṣyāt Gr • fut. rakṣitā MBh. • rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat ib. • rakṣye R. • inf. rakṣitum 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. rakṣayati, ○te (aor. ararakṣat Pāṇ. 7-4, 93 Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.) Kāv. Pañcat.: Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.) MBh.: Intens., rārakṣāṇá. [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some √like raj or rajj • Gk. ?, ? ; Lat. arx, [859, 3] arceo.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William