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rakkhā

Rakkha

adjective (-˚) guarding or to be guarded act.: dhamma˚ ; guardian of righteousness or truth Mil.344 pass.: in cpd. dū˚ ; variant reading du hard to guard Dhp-a.i.295 . ˚kathā, s. l. rukkha-˚ warding talk Thag-a.1 , in Brethren , 185, cp. note 416. fr. base rakkh

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1. Rَككهَ

adjective (-˚) guarding or to be guarded

  1. act.: dhamma˚; guardian of righteousness or truth Mil.344
  2. pass.: in cpd. dū˚; variant reading du

hard to guard Dhp-a.i.295. ˚kathā, s. l. rukkha-˚ warding talk Thag-a.1, in Brethren, 185, cp. note 416.

fr. base rakkh

2. Rakkhā

feminine shelter, protection, care AN.ii.73 (+ parittā); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.3; Ja.i.140 (bahūhi rakkhāhi rakkhiyamāna); Pv-a.198 (˚ṃ saṃvidahati) Often in combination rakkhā + āvaraṇa (+ gutti) shelter defence, e.g. at Vin.ii.194; DN.i.61 (dhammikaṃ r
v. guttiṃ saṃvidaheyyāma); MN.ii.101; Ja.iv.292
Cp gorakkhā
Note. rakkhā at Ja.iii.144 is an old misreading for rukkhā.

verb-noun fr. rakkh

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