rakkhasa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• रक्खस (Devanagari script)
• রক্খস (Bengali script)
• රක‍්ඛස (Sinhalese script)
• ရက္ခသ or ရၵ္ၶသ or ရၵ်ၶသ (Burmese script)
• รกฺขส or รักขะสะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣກ຺ຂສ or ຣັກຂະສະ (Lao script)
• រក្ខស (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa).

Noun

rakkhasa m

1. demon, fiend

Declension

Declension table of "rakkhasa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rakkhaso	rakkhasā
Accusative (second)	rakkhasaṃ	rakkhase
Instrumental (third)	rakkhasena	rakkhasehi or rakkhasebhi
Dative (fourth)	rakkhasassa or rakkhasāya or rakkhasatthaṃ	rakkhasānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rakkhasasmā or rakkhasamhā or rakkhasā	rakkhasehi or rakkhasebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rakkhasassa	rakkhasānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rakkhasasmiṃ or rakkhasamhi or rakkhase	rakkhasesu
Vocative (calling)	rakkhasa	rakkhasā

Descendants

• → Kannada: ರಕ್ಕಸ (rakkasa)

Further reading

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rakkhasa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead