रक्षण

See also: रक्षणा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रक्षण (rakṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾək.ʂəɳ/, [ɾɐk.ʃɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

रक्षण • (rakṣaṇ) m

1. guarding, protection

   Synonym: रक्षा (rakṣā)

2. raising (of a child)

Declension

Declension of रक्षण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रक्षण rakṣaṇ	रक्षण rakṣaṇ
oblique	रक्षण rakṣaṇ	रक्षणों rakṣaṇõ
vocative	रक्षण rakṣaṇ	रक्षणो rakṣaṇo

Derived terms

• अनुरक्षण (anurakṣaṇ)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “रक्षण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰক্ষণ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
• রক্ষণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ရက္ၑဏ (Burmese script)
• રક્ષણ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦏ꧀ꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ರಕ್ಷಣ (Kannada script)
• រក្ឞណ (Khmer script)
• ຣກ຺ຩຓ (Lao script)
• രക്ഷണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᡬᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢉᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
• ରକ୍ଷଣ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
• රක්‍ෂණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
• ரக்ஷண (Tamil script)
• రక్షణ (Telugu script)
• รกฺษณ (Thai script)
• ར་ཀྵ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

रक्षण • (rakṣaṇa) stem, m

1. ‘protector’, Name of Vishnu. MBh.

Noun

रक्षण • (rakṣaṇa) stem, n

1. the act of guarding, watching, protecting, tending (of cattle), preservation (‘of’ gen. loc. or comp.) Mn. MBh. &c.
2. a ceremony performed for protection or preservation MārkP.

Descendants

• Pali: rakkhaṇa
• → Hindi: रक्षण (rakṣaṇ)
• → Telugu: రక్షణ (rakṣaṇa)