As a deity name
Name 928 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
रक्षण · noun · masculine
रक्षा करना । हिफाजत करना । रखवाली · पालने की क्रिया । पालन पोषण · रक्षक । रखवाला — Śabdasāgara
रक्षण · rakshaṇ · s.m.
Protector, &c. ( = rakshak, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 597
रक्षण · masculine
guarding, protection; raising (of a child)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रक्षण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रक्षण (rakṣaṇa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rakṣaṇa m. ‘protector’, N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
rakṣaṇa (ra˚), n. the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rakṣaṇa" is the vocative of "rakṣaṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
rakṣaṇa m. ‘protector’, N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
rakṣaṇa (ra˚), n. the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
a ceremony performed for protection or preservation, MārkP.
rakṣaṇa n. (-ṇaṃ) Preserving, protecting, defending. E. rakṣa to preserve, aff. lyuṭ.
rakṣaṇā f. guarding, protection, Śak. (v.l.), Pañcar.
Alternative readings
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