रक्षिका
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- রক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ရက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
- રક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ರಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- រក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
- ຣກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
- രക്ഷികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᡬᢢᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢉᢔᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ରକ୍ଷିକା (Odia script)
- ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- රක්ෂිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- ரக்ஷிகா (Tamil script)
- రక్షికా (Telugu script)
- รกฺษิกา (Thai script)
- ར་ཀྵི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve”) + -इका (-ikā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɐk.ʂi.kɑː/
Noun
रक्षिका • (rakṣikā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- female equivalent of रक्षक (rakṣaka, “protector, saviour, guardian”)
- Synonym: रक्षिणी (rakṣiṇī)
- an amulet, charm, or thread worn as a protective
- (New Sanskrit) a rakhi
- Synonyms: राखीसूत्र (rākhīsūtra), रक्षासूत्र (rakṣāsūtra), राखी (rākhī)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रक्षिका (rakṣikā) | रक्षिके (rakṣike) | रक्षिकाः (rakṣikāḥ) |
| accusative | रक्षिकाम् (rakṣikām) | रक्षिके (rakṣike) | रक्षिकाः (rakṣikāḥ) |
| instrumental | रक्षिकया (rakṣikayā) | रक्षिकाभ्याम् (rakṣikābhyām) | रक्षिकाभिः (rakṣikābhiḥ) |
| dative | रक्षिकायै (rakṣikāyai) | रक्षिकाभ्याम् (rakṣikābhyām) | रक्षिकाभ्यः (rakṣikābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रक्षिकायाः (rakṣikāyāḥ) | रक्षिकाभ्याम् (rakṣikābhyām) | रक्षिकाभ्यः (rakṣikābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रक्षिकायाः (rakṣikāyāḥ) | रक्षिकयोः (rakṣikayoḥ) | रक्षिकाणाम् (rakṣikāṇām) |
| locative | रक्षिकायाम् (rakṣikāyām) | रक्षिकयोः (rakṣikayoḥ) | रक्षिकासु (rakṣikāsu) |
| vocative | रक्षिके (rakṣike) | रक्षिके (rakṣike) | रक्षिकाः (rakṣikāḥ) |
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “रक्षिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 859.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “rakṣikā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रक्षिका”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1323