The Sanskrit term Abhirakṣ can be transliterated into English as Abhiraks or Abhiraksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhirakṣ (अभिरक्ष्).—1 P.

1) To protect, preserve, keep, guard, help; भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु (bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.1.11.

2) To rule over, govern (as earth &c.); command.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhirakṣ (अभिरक्ष्).—& samabhi keep, protect.

Abhirakṣ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and rakṣ (रक्ष्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhirakṣ (अभिरक्ष्):—[=abhi-√rakṣ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -rakṣati, te (p. -rakṣamāṇa, [Ṛg-veda x, 157, 4]) to guard, protect, preserve, [Ṛg-veda etc.];—‘to govern or command’ (cf. abhi-rakṣita).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Raksh, Abhi.

Starts with: Abhiraksha, Abhirakshak, Abhirakshaka, Abhirakshana, Abhirakshane, Abhirakshe, Abhirakshisu, Abhirakshita, Abhirakshitar, Abhirakshitri, Abhirakshya.

Full-text: Abhirakshitri, Abhirakshana, Abhiraksha, Abhirakshya, Abhirakshita.

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