रक्ष्

See also: रक्षा

Sanskrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrakṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”), Old Armenian երաշխիք (erašxikʻ) (an Iranian loanword), Old English ealgian (“to protect, defend”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐkʂ/

Root

रक्ष् • (rakṣ)

1. to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save, preserve
2. to tend (cattle)
3. to rule (the earth or a country)
4. to keep (a secret)
5. to spare, have regard to (another's feelings)
6. to observe (a law, duty &c.)
7. to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure
8. to heed, attend to
9. to conceal, hide

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रक्ष् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root रक्ष् (16 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• रक्षति (rákṣati, Present)
• रक्षिष्यति (rakṣiṣyáti, Future)
• रक्षिता (rakṣitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अरक्षीत् (árakṣīt, Aorist)
• अराक्षीत् (árākṣīt, Aorist)
• रक्ष्यात् (rakṣyāt, Benedictive)
• ररक्ष (rarákṣa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• रक्ष्यते (rakṣyáte, Passive)
• रक्षयति (rakṣáyati, Causative)
• अररक्षत् (ararakṣat, Causative Aorist)
• रिरक्षिषति (rirakṣiṣati, Desiderative)
• रारक्ष्यते (rārakṣyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• रक्षित (rakṣitá, Past Participle)
• रक्षितुम् (rákṣitum, Infinitive)
• रक्षित्वा (rakṣitvā́, Gerund)
• रक्ष्य (rakṣya, Gerundive)
• रक्षितव्य (rakṣitavya, Gerundive)
• रक्षणीय (rakṣaṇīya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• रक्ष (rakṣa)
• रक्षक (rakṣaka)
• रक्षण (rákṣaṇa)
• रक्षा (rakṣā)
• रक्षि (rakṣi)
• रक्षितृ (rakṣitṛ́)
• रक्षिन् (rakṣin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुरक्ष् (anurakṣ)
• अभिरक्ष् (abhirakṣ)
• परिरक्ष् (parirakṣ)
• प्रतिरक्ष् (pratirakṣ)
• विरक्ष् (virakṣ)
• संरक्ष् (saṃrakṣ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 859, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 134
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 422