rakkhaṇa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- रक्खण (Devanagari script)
- রক্খণ (Bengali script)
- රක්ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
- ရက္ခဏ or ရၵ္ၶꧣ or ရၵ်ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
- รกฺขณ or รักขะณะ (Thai script)
- ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
- ຣກ຺ຂຓ or ຣັກຂະຓະ (Lao script)
- រក្ខណ (Khmer script)
- 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
- rakkhana (Latin script)
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- रक्खन (Devanagari script)
- রক্খন (Bengali script)
- රක්ඛන (Sinhalese script)
- ရက္ခန or ရၵ္ၶၼ or ရၵ်ၶၼ (Burmese script)
- รกฺขน or รักขะนะ (Thai script)
- ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ຣກ຺ຂນ or ຣັກຂະນະ (Lao script)
- រក្ខន (Khmer script)
- 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit रक्षण (rakṣaṇa). By surface analysis, rakkh + -ana.
Noun
rakkhaṇa n
- protection
- observance
Declension
Declension table of "rakkhaṇa" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | rakkhaṇaṃ | rakkhaṇāni |
| Accusative (second) | rakkhaṇaṃ | rakkhaṇāni |
| Instrumental (third) | rakkhaṇena | rakkhaṇehi or rakkhaṇebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | rakkhaṇassa or rakkhaṇāya or rakkhaṇatthaṃ | rakkhaṇānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | rakkhaṇasmā or rakkhaṇamhā or rakkhaṇā | rakkhaṇehi or rakkhaṇebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | rakkhaṇassa | rakkhaṇānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | rakkhaṇasmiṃ or rakkhaṇamhi or rakkhaṇe | rakkhaṇesu |
| Vocative (calling) | rakkhaṇa | rakkhaṇāni |
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rakkhana”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead