The Sanskrit term Anurakṣaṇā can be transliterated into English as Anuraksana or Anurakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Anurakshan.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Anurakṣaṇa (अनुरक्षण) (Cf. Anurakṣaṇatā) refers to “guarding” (the vow of the Tathāgatas), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [after the Bhagavān taught the great heart-dhāraṇī], “[...] The hostile Nāgas, fierce and bad, will thus experience suffering in the last time, in the last age if they neglect this dhāraṇī called Tathāgata Garuḍa Flame Heart. Therefore, O Serpent chiefs, you should abide by a true promise and by guarding (anurakṣaṇatā) the vow of the Tathāgatas. All beings of Jambudvīpa should be fostered, protected and caused to succeed”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Anurakṣaṇā (अनुरक्षणा).—(= Pali anurakkhaṇā and °ṇa; MW cites Sanskrit °ṇa, nt., without reference; not in [Boehtlingk and Roth], [Boehtlingk], Schmidt), guarding, protection: °ṇā-prayogena Bodhisattvabhūmi 288.2, 6.

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

Anurakṣaṇa (अनुरक्षण):—[=anu-rakṣaṇa] [from anu-rakṣ] n. the act of guarding.

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

Anurakṣaṇa (अनुरक्षण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-ṇam) Preserving. E. rakṣ with anu, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Anurakṣaṇa (अनुरक्षण) [Also spelled anurakshan]:—(nm) maintenance; escort.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rakshana, Anu.

Starts with: Anurakshanadharman, Anurakshanata.

Full-text: Anurakshanata, Anurakshan.

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