रक्षस्त्व रक्षिक

रक्षा

रक्षा [रक्ष्-भावे अ टाप्]
1 Protection, preservation; guarding; मयि सृष्टिर्हि लोकानां रक्षा युष्मास्ववस्थिता Ku. 2. 28; Ś. 2. 14; R. 2. 4, 8; Me. 43.
2 Care, security.
3 A guard, watch.
4 An amulet or mystical object used as a charm, any preservative: as in रक्षाकरंड q. v. below.
4 A tutelary deity.
5 Ashes.
6 A piece of silk or thread fastened round the wrist on particular occasions, especially on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa, as an amulet or preservative; (रक्षी also in this sense).
7 Lac.
−Comp.
−अधिकृतः 1. one who is entrusted with protection or superintendence, a superintendent or governor. −2. a magistrate. −3. the chief policeofficer.
−अपेक्षकः 1. a porter; doorkeeper. −2. a guard of the women's apartments. −3. a catamite. −4. an actor. −करंडः, −करंडकं a preservative casket, an amulet, a magical or charmed casket; अहो रक्षाकरंडकमस्य मणिबंधे न दृश्यते Ś. 7
−गृहं a lyingin chamber; रक्षागृहगता दीपाः प्रत्या- दिष्टा इवाभवन् R. 10. 68.
−पत्रः a species of birch tree. −पालः, −पुरुषः a watchman, guard, police.
−प्रदीपः a lamp kept burning, as a sort of protection against evil spirits. −भू- षणं, −मणिः, रत्नं an ornament or jewel worn as an amulet or preservative against evil spirits.
−मंगलं a ceremony performed for protection (against evil spirits &c).

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