rakṣ cl. 1. P. (cf. Dhātup. xvii, 6) rákṣati (Ved. and m. c. also ○te

• pf. rarákṣa RV. &c. &c• aor. arakṣīt AV. &c• arākṣīt Br.

• Prec. rakṣyāt Gr

• fut. rakṣitā MBh.

• rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat ib.

• rakṣye R.

• inf. rakṣitum 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. rakṣayati, ○te (aor. ararakṣat Pāṇ. 7-4, 93 Sch.), to guard, watch, save or protect from (abl.) Kāv. Pañcat.: Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from (abl.) MBh.: Intens., rārakṣāṇá. [Prob. a kind of Desid. of some √like raj or rajj

• Gk. ?, ? ; Lat. arx, [859, 3] arceo.]