Category: R

a ceremony performed for protection or preservation, MārkP.

rakza—puruza ¦ w.r. for rakzA-, Pañcat.

rakzaRArTam ¦ ind. for the sake of guarding or protecting, MW.

rakzaRAraka ¦ m. morbid retention of urine, L. (v.l. rakzaRIraka).

any preservative, (esp.) a sort of bracelet or amulet, any mysterious token used as a charm, BhP.; Suśr.

rakzaRopAya ¦ ib. a means of safety, ib.

a tutelary divinity (cf. mahA-)

rakzaRIya ¦ mfn. to be guarded or preserved or protected from (abl.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.

ashes (used as a preservative), L.

to be ruled by (gen. or instr.), R.; Kathās.

a piece of thread or silk bound round the wrist on partic. occasions (esp. on the full moon of Śrāvaṇa,… read more rakzA:- rakzA

rakzaRIraka ¦ See rakzaRAraka.

rakzI ¦ f. a piece of thread or silk bound round the wrist on partic. occasions (esp. on the full… read more rakzI:- rakzI

to be guarded against or prevented or avoided, Kathās.

rakzA—karaRqaka ¦ n. an amulet in the shape of a small box, Śak.

ra/kzas ¦ mfn. guarding, watching (see paTi)

rakzA—gaRqaka ¦ m. a kind of amulet or talisman, ib.

ra/kzas ¦ n. ‘anything to be guarded against or warded off’, harm, injury, damage, RV.

pl. N. of a warlike race g. parSv-Adi.

(in RV. & AV. also rakza/s, m.) an evil being or demon, a Rākṣasa (q.v.; in VP. identified with Nirṛti… read more rakzas:- ra/kzas

rakzA—gfha ¦ n. ‘watch-room’, a lying-in chamber, Ragh.

rakzas—pASa ¦ m. a contemptible or demon, W. (cf. under pASa).

rakzas—tva/ ¦ n. the nature of a Rākṣasa, fiendishness, malice, RV.

rakzas—vi/n ¦ mfn. demoniacal, evil-disposed, malignant, RV.; AV.

rakzA ¦ f. the act of protecting or guarding, protection, care, preservation, security, Mn.; MBh. &c.

rakzasya

a guard, watch, sentinel, Mṛcch.; Kām.

rakzAekzaka ¦ (zA), m. a doorkeeper or porter, W.

rakzA—ratna ¦ n. = -maRi, Kathās.; Rājat.

a guard of the women’s apartments, ib.

rakzATam ¦ (zAr), ind. for the sake of protection, MW.

an actor, mime, ib.

rakzA—pratiSara ¦ m. (or A f(A). ) an amulet, MBh.

rakzA—BUzaRa ¦ n. an ornament worn for protection (against evil spirits &c.), Suśr.

rakzA—banDana-viDi ¦ m. N. of wk.

rakzA—pradIpa ¦ m. a light kept burning for protection (against evil spirits &c.), Kathās.

rakzA°Dikfta ¦ (zA), mfn. entrusted with the protection or superintendence (of a country &c.), Mn. vii, 123

a catamite, ib.

rakzA—°Dikfta ¦ m. = next, ib. ix, 272.

rakzA°ByaDikfta ¦ (zA), mfn. and m. = rakzADikfta, MBh.