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रक्ष् 1.cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 6] ) र॑क्षति (Ved. and mc. also °ते; pf. रर॑क्ष, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. अरक्षीत्, [AV.] &c.; अराक्षीत्, [Br.] ; Prec. रक्ष्यात्Gr. ; fut. रक्षिता, [MBh.] ; रक्षिष्यतिCond. अरक्षिष्यत्, ib.; रक्ष्ये, [R.] ; inf. रक्षितुम्, [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. रक्षयति, °ते (aor. अररक्षत्, [Pāṇ. 7-4, 93] Sch. ), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl. ), [Kāv.] ; [Pañcat.] : Desid. रिरक्षति, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl. ), [MBh.] : Intens. See रारक्षाण॑.
रक्ष् [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like रज् or रज्ज्; cf. Gk. ἀ-λέξω, ἀρκέω; Lat. arx, arceo.]
रक्ष् 2. (ifc. ) guarding, watching &c. (See गोरक्ष्).
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