rakṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रक्षा (rakṣā, “guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rak.sa/
• Hyphenation: ra‧kṣa

Noun

rakṣa

1. guarding, protecting
2. protection

Derived terms

• arakṣa
• aṅrakṣa
• karakṣan
• pamarakṣa
• paṅrakṣa
• paṅrakṣa
• pirakṣa
• rakṣaka
• rakṣaṇa
• rinakṣa
• rinakṣan
• rumakṣa
• rumakṣākĕn

 

• aṅgarakṣa
• parirakṣa
• pādarakṣa
• rakṣaṇawali
• surakṣa
• yogarakṣa
• ātmarakṣa

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦫꦏ꧀ꦱ (raksa, “to guard”) (inherited)
• > Javanese: ꦉꦏ꧀ꦱ (reksa, “to guard, to watch over”) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: reksa (“police; guard”)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ (raksa, “protection, shelter, care”)

Further reading

• "rakṣa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.