As a deity name
Name 752 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
रक्ष · noun · masculine
रक्षक । रखवाला · रक्षा । हिफाजत रखवाली · लाख । लाह — Śabdasāgara
रक्ष · noun · masculine
राक्षस — Śabdasāgara
रक्ष · raksha · s.m.
Guard, protector ( = rakshak, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 596
रक्ष · raksh · s.m.
Lac, shell-lac — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 596
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(ā See p. 860) guarding, watching, protecting, serving
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rakṣa" is the vocative of "rakṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. rakṣa mf(ī)n. (f(ā). See p. 860) guarding, watching, protecting, serving
a watcher, keeper, Suparṇ.; MBh. &c. (mostly ifc.; cf. kṣetra-, go-, cakra-r˚ &c.)
2. rakṣa in comp. for rakṣas.
rakṣa r. 1st cl. (rakṣati) To guard, to protect, to cherish, to preserve. With pari, To save from ruin.
rakṣa mf. (-kṣaḥ-kṣā) 1 Preserving, protecting. 2 Lac. f. (-kṣā) 1 Ashes. 2 A sort of bracelet, a twist of thread or tinsel, with a small packet containing a few carminative seeds, bound round the wrist at particular periods, especially the day of full moon in Śrāvaṇa. E. rakṣa to preserve, aff. ac.
rakṣā f. the act of protecting or guarding, protection, care, preservation, security, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a guard, watch, sentinel, Mṛcch.; Kām.
Alternative readings
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