rakṣas रक्षस् – hurt, injury, damage (Ved., but according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda

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†rakṣas1 ·a. protecting, cf. pathirákṣas.

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rákṣas2 ·n. harm, injury, damage; harmer, N. of a kind of evil beings or demons (also rakṣás).

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†rakṣas ·-> asurarakṣasá.

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2. rakṣas, as, n. hurt, injury, damage (Ved., but according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda VII. 104, 23. rakṣas = Rākṣasa-jāti, ‘the race of Rākṣasas,’ and in I. 36, 20. rakṣas = balam, ‘strength’); ‘the injurer,’ (according to some a kind of euphe- mism fr. rt. 1. rakṣ, like Εὐμενίδες); an evil being or demon, an ogre, malignant spirit, a Rākṣasa, (these beings play an important part in the Hindū religious and mythological system; see their description under rākṣasa); (ās), m., Ved. an evil and malignant being, a nocturnal fiend or Rākṣasa, (see rākṣasa.)

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1. rakṣas, ās, ās, as (for 2. see col. 2), protecting (at the end of a comp., e. g. pathi-r˚, q. v.)

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1. rakṣas (von 1. rakṣ) adj. hütend in pathi˚.

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3. rakṣás (wie eben) m. Beschädiger, Bez. der Rakṣas, nächtlicher Unholde: vidhyà ra̱kṣasa̱stapìṣṭhaiḥ ṚV. 4,4,1. ṚV. 5,42,10. ṚV. 2,23,14. bādhàsva dvi̱ṣo ra̱kṣaso̱ amī̀vāḥ ṚV. 3,15,1. ṚV. 7,1,3. ṚV. 7,1,19. yo vā̀ ra̱kṣāḥ śucìra̱smītyāhà ṚV. 104,16. ṚV. 8,23,14. ṚV. 49,10. ṚV. 7,19. ru̱jā dṛ̱ḻhā cidra̱kṣàsa̱ḥ sadā̀ṃsi ṚV. 9,91,4. AV. 2,3,6. AV. 4,19,3. AV. 14,2,7. — Vgl. rākṣasa.

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2. rákṣas (von 3. rakṣ) n. Beschädigung: mā no̱ rakṣò a̱bhi nàḍyātu̱māvàtām ṚV. 7,104,23. mā no̱ rakṣa̱ ā vèśī̱nmā yā̱turyā̀tu̱māvàtām ṚV. 8,49,20. — 2〉 concret Beschädiger, Bez. nächtlicher Unholde, welche das Opfer stören und den Frommen schädigen, NIR. 4,18. gaṇa bhīmādi zu P. 3,4,74. UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 4,188. AK. 1,1,1,6. AK. 1,1,1,56. H. 187. HALĀY. 1,73. HALĀY. 5,4. coll. ṚV. 1,21,5. ṚV. 1,133,5. śiśī̀te̱ śṛṅge̱ rakṣàse vi̱nikṣè ṚV. 5,2,9. ṚV. 6,18,10. ṚV. 7,104,1. ṚV. 7,104,4. ṚV. 7,104,13. ṚV. 7,104,22. AV. 4,17,5. AV. 7,70,2. AV. 8,2,12. unmàtta̱ṃ rakṣàsa̱sparì AV. 6,111,3. āsnā rakṣaḥ saṃsṛjatāt AIT. BR. 2,7. plur. ṚV. 7,15,10. ṚV. 7,38,7. VS. 2,23. VS. 2,29. i̱da̱ma̱haṃ rakṣàsāṃ grī̱vā apì kṛntāmi VS. 5,22. AV. 1,35,2. AV. 2,4,4. AV. 12,1,50. AV. 14,2,24. na yajñe rakṣasāṃ kīrtayetkāni rakṣāṃsyṛterakṣā vai yajñaḥ AIT. BR. 2,7. tadyadarakṣaṃstasmādrakṣāṃsi (vgl. R. 7,4,13) ŚAT. BR. 1,1,1,16. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,1,16. nāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsi ŚAT. BR. 1,4,21. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,6 (so in Buch 1—5, in den späteren rakṣāṃsi nāṣṭrāḥ) ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,4,1. asurarakṣāṃsi ṢAḌV. BR. 1,2. TS. 2,4,1,1. TS. 6,3,2,2. TS. 6,6,3,1. ŚAT. BR. 13,4,3,10. rakṣojanāḥ GOBH. 1,4,18. rakṣodevatya KAUŚ. 4. rakṣovidyā ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 16,2,19. rakṣāṃsi M. 1,43. M. 3,170. M. 3,204. M. 3,230. M. 3,238. M. 4,199. M. 7,23. M. 7,38. M. 12,44. BHAG. 11,36. R. 1,9,49. SUŚR. 1,71,2. SUŚR. 1,117,9. ŚĀK. 28,13. yakṣarakṣaḥpiśācāḥ M. 1,37. M. 11,95. gandharvoragarakṣasām M. 3,196. vitteśo yakṣarakṣasām BHAG. 10,23. BHAG. 17,4. MBH. 3,13484. MBH. 8,2104. R. 1,1,42. R. 1,55,17. SUŚR. 1,114,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 13,11. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,14. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,92. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,108. rakṣogaṇāḥ R. 4,40,37. rakṣorāva VET. in LA. (III) 4,9. Kinder der Khasā HARIV. 234. sg. von einem einzelnen Rākṣasa: ṛṣiṃ vai rakṣo 'grahīt PAÑCAV. BR. 15,5,20. MBH. 1,5993. MBH. 1,7632. R. 1,1,45. VIKR. 54,5. KATHĀS. 18,282. rakṣobhūta KATHĀS. 25,274. etacchrutvā gato rakṣaḥ prahasaṃśca mahābalaḥ R. 7,23,1,55. dīrghajihvī vā idaṃ rakṣo yajñahā yajñānavalihatyacarat PAÑCAV. BR. 13,6,9. rakṣas = nirṛti WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 302. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 305. durnṛpa˚ ein Rakṣas von einem boshaften Könige RĀJA-TAR. 5,416. Nach gaṇa parśvādi zu P. 5,3,117 sind die Rakṣas ein āyudhajīvisaṃgha. — Vgl. a˚, puruṣa˚, brahma˚, mahā˚, vi˚, saha˚, rākṣasa.

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2. rakṣas [vgl. [6:219]] nach n. hinzuzufügen 1〉. (revision)

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2. rakṣas Z. 1 nach n. hinzuzufügen 1〉.

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1. rakṣas Adj. hütend in pathirákṣas.

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2. rákṣas n. — 1〉 Beschädigung. — 2〉 Beschädiger, Bez. nächtlicher Unholde welche das Opfer stören und den Frommen schädigen. Wird auch mit Nirṛti oder Nairṛta (VP.² 2,112) identificirt, durnṛparakṣas Pl. N. pr. eines Kriegerstammes.

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3. rakṣás n. = rákṣas 2〉.

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rakṣas n. [rakṣyate havirasmāt, rakṣ-asun] 1 An evil spirit, a demon, an imp, a goblin; caturdaśasahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām . trayaśca dūṣaṇakharatrimūdhārno raṇe hatāḥ .. U. 2. 15. 2 Ved. Hurt, injury. Comp. — īśaḥ, -nāthaḥ an epithet of Rāvaṇa. — ghnaḥ white mustard. — (ghnaṃ) sour rice-gruel. — jananī night. — pāśaḥ a contemptible demon. — sabhaṃ an assembly of demons.

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rákṣas n. Schaden, Harm; Schädiger, Unhold, Rakṣas (auch rakṣás u. —˚ rakṣasa).

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rakṣas rakṣas n. nom de certains esprits, au service de Kuvera, hantant les cimetières, mangeant la chair crue, troublant les sacrifices et changeant de formes à leur ré; cf. rākṣasa.