Rakshapratisara, Rakṣāpratisara, Raksha-pratisara, Rakshapratishara: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Rakṣāpratisara can be transliterated into English as Raksapratisara or Rakshapratisara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRakṣāpratisara (रक्षाप्रतिसर).—an amulet; दत्तरक्षाप्रति- सरामन्वालम्भनशोभनाम् (dattarakṣāprati- sarāmanvālambhanaśobhanām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.39.4.
Derivable forms: rakṣāpratisaraḥ (रक्षाप्रतिसरः).
Rakṣāpratisara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rakṣā and pratisara (प्रतिसर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRakṣāpratisara (रक्षाप्रतिसर).—[masculine] an amulet (for protection).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRakṣāpratiśara (रक्षाप्रतिशर):—[=rakṣā-pratiśara] [from rakṣā > rakṣ] m. (or rā f(ā). ) an amulet, [Mahābhārata]
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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