rakkhasa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • रक्खस (Devanagari script)
  • রক্খস (Bengali script)
  • රක‍්ඛස (Sinhalese script)
  • ရက္ခသ or ရၵ္ၶသ or ရၵ်ၶသ (Burmese script)
  • รกฺขส or รักขะสะ (Thai script)
  • ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຣກ຺ຂສ or ຣັກຂະສະ (Lao script)
  • រក្ខស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa).

Noun

rakkhasa m

  1. demon, fiend

Declension

Declension table of "rakkhasa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)rakkhasorakkhasā
Accusative (second)rakkhasaṃrakkhase
Instrumental (third)rakkhasenarakkhasehi or rakkhasebhi
Dative (fourth)rakkhasassa or rakkhasāya or rakkhasatthaṃrakkhasānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)rakkhasasmā or rakkhasamhā or rakkhasārakkhasehi or rakkhasebhi
Genitive (sixth)rakkhasassarakkhasānaṃ
Locative (seventh)rakkhasasmiṃ or rakkhasamhi or rakkhaserakkhasesu
Vocative (calling)rakkhasarakkhasā

Descendants

  • → Bengali: রাক্ষস (rakkhoś)
  • → Kannada: ರಕ್ಕಸ (rakkasa)

Further reading

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rakkhasa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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