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)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root रक्ष् (0 c, 4 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 (rakṣá)
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