rakś | रक्श् | rakz
1. rakś | रक्श् | cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 6) ra/kśati | र/क्शति | (Ved. and mc. also ˚te | ˚ते |; pf. rara/kśa | रर/क्श |, RV. &c. &c.; aor. arakśīt | अरक्शीत् |, AV. &c.; arākśīt | अराक्शीत् |, Br.; Prec. rakśyāt | रक्श्यात् | Gr.; fut. rakśitā | रक्शिता |, MBh.; rakśiśyati | रक्शिश्यति | Cond. arakśiśyat | अरक्शिश्यत् |, ib.; rakśye | रक्श्ये |, R.; inf. rakśitum | रक्शितुम् |, 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. rakśayati | रक्शयति |, ˚te | ˚ते | (aor. ararakśat | अररक्शत् |, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93, Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.), Kāv.; Pañcat. : Desid. rirakśati | रिरक्शति |, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.), MBh. : Intens. See rārakśāṛa/ | रारक्शाऋअ/ |.
rakś | रक्श् | [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj | रज् | or rajj | रज्ज् |; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]
2. rakś | रक्श् | (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakś | गोरक्श् |).
rakś | रक्श् | [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like raj | रज् | or rajj | रज्ज् |; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]
2. rakś | रक्श् | (ifc.) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakś | गोरक्श् |).