Araksha, Ārakṣa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Ārakṣa can be transliterated into English as Araksa or Araksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष).—a.
1) Preserved, defended, fit to be protected.
-kṣaḥ, -kṣā 1 Protection, preservation, guard; आरक्षस्य विधिं कृत्वा (ārakṣasya vidhiṃ kṛtvā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.16.3; आरक्षे मध्यमे स्थितान् (ārakṣe madhyame sthitān) Rām; Śānti. 3.5; Manusmṛti 3.24. शतसाहस्रमारक्षं मध्यगं रक्षसां कपिः (śatasāhasramārakṣaṃ madhyagaṃ rakṣasāṃ kapiḥ) Bk.
2) The junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant (kumbhasandhi).
3) The part of the forehead below this junction.
4) An army; आरक्षो मे हतस्तात (ārakṣo me hatastāta) Rām.3.31.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष).—[, m.: Lalitavistara 192.18, text ārakṣān sthāpayati sma, he establishes guards. But v.l. rakṣā; read either this or ārakṣāṃ; in any case the stem is fem. (in -ā); compare 193.15 ārakṣāṃ prakarotha. In Bodhisattvabhūmi 230.13 ms. ārakṣāṇi, ed. ārakṣyāṇi; read arakṣyāṇi, see arakṣya.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष).—mfn.
(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) 1. Preserved, defended. 2. Proper or worthy to be preserved, &c. m.
(-kṣaḥ) 1. Protection, guard, preservation. 2. The junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant. E. āṅ before rakṣa to preserve, &c. ghañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष).—[ā-rakṣ + a], m. Guard, protection, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 204; [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 75, 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष).—[masculine] kṣā [feminine] protection, guard.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ārakṣa (आरक्ष):—[=ā-rakṣa] [from ā-rakṣ] mfn. preserved, defended, proper or worthy to be defended, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. protection, guard, preservation, [Manu-smṛti; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] the junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] the part of the forehead below this junction, [Śiśupāla-vadha v, 5]
5) Ārakṣā (आरक्षा):—[=ā-rakṣā] [from ā-rakṣa > ā-rakṣ] f. protection, guard.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀrakṣa (आरक्ष):—[ā-rakṣa] (kṣaḥ) m. Preservation; the junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant. a. Preserved.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ārakṣa (आरक्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ārakkha.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĀrakṣa (ಆರಕ್ಷ):—
1) [noun] an act of protecting or the state of being protected; protection.
2) [noun] the junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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