The Sanskrit term Rakṣāpradīpa can be transliterated into English as Raksapradipa or Rakshapradipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rakṣāpradīpa (रक्षाप्रदीप).—a lamp kept burning as a sort of protection against evil spirits.

Derivable forms: rakṣāpradīpaḥ (रक्षाप्रदीपः).

Rakṣāpradīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakṣā and pradīpa (प्रदीप).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rakṣāpradīpa (रक्षाप्रदीप).—m.

(-paḥ) A light kept burning for protection against the evil spirits.

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

Rakṣāpradīpa (रक्षाप्रदीप):—[=rakṣā-pradīpa] [from rakṣā > rakṣ] m. a light kept burning for protection (against evil spirits etc.), [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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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: Raksha, Pradipa.

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