rakṣaka रक्षक – as, ikā, am, who or what protects or guards or tends [cf. go-r˚]
adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
rakṣaka ·m. rakṣikā f. guardian, protector.
Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
Rakṣaka, as, ikā, am, who or what protects or guards or tends [cf. go-r˚]; guarding, protecting; (as), m. a guardian, protector; a guard, watch; (ikā), f. a female guardian or protector; an amulet, charm, anything worn as a preservative (= rakṣā).
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
rakṣaka (von 1. rakṣ) 1〉 nom. ag. Wächter, Hüter KATHĀS. 43,32. fg. KATHĀS. 46,144. KATHĀS. 46,208. fg. KATHĀS. 63,146. adhunāhaṃ te sarvacchidreṣu rakṣakaḥ KATHĀS. 66,126. PAÑCAR. 1,7,58. PAÑCAT. 8,25. HIT. 42,5. bālānām PAÑCAR. 4,8,62. HIT. 128,9. gavādirakṣakāḥ KATHĀS. 30,95. loka˚ HARIV. 14940. kīcakavana˚ KATHĀS. 46,106. śaspa˚ HIT. 81,15. rakṣikā Wächterin, Hüterin KATHĀS. 74,167. antaḥpura˚ KATHĀS. 105,14. amṛtasya yat . rakṣakaṃ cakrayantram KATHĀS. 29,47. Vgl. aṅga˚, go˚, dhana˚, pañca˚, bhūmi˚, mārga˚, rātri˚. — 2〉 rakṣikā f. = rakṣa 2〉c〉: anena vidhinā yastu rakṣikāvandhamācaret . sa sarvadoṣarahitaḥ sukhaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ vaset .. HARIBHAKTIVILĀSA 51_im_ŚKDR.
Böhtlingk 1879 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
rakṣaka — 1〉 Nom. ag. (f. rakṣikā) Wächter, Hüter. — 2〉 f. rakṣikā = rakṣa 2〉c〉.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine
Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine
rakṣaka a. (kṣikā f.) [rakṣ-ṇvul] Guarding, protecting. — kaḥ A protector, guardian, guard, watchman.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
rakṣaka, f. rakṣikā Wächter, -in.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
rakṣaka m. (sfx. aka) gardien.
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