rakṣaṇaṃ

1. rakṣ cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 6 ) rakṣati ( Ved. and mc. also te; pf. rarakṣa, RV. &c. &c.; aor. arakṣīt, AV. &c.; arākṣīt, Br. ; Prec. rakṣyāt Gr. ; fut. rakṣitā, MBh. ; rakṣiṣyati Cond. arakṣiṣyat, ib. ; rakṣye, R. ; inf. rakṣitum, MBh. ), to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve (‘from’ abl. ), RV. &c. &c.; to tend (cattle), Mn. ; MBh. ; R. ; to rule (the earth or a country), MBh. ; Rājat. ; to keep (a secret), Kathās. ; to spare, have regard to (another's feelings), Mālav. ; to observe (a law, duty &c.), RV. ; MBh. ; to guard against, ward off, keep away, prevent, frustrate, injure, AV. v, 1 ; to beware of Kathās. ; ( Ā. ) to heed, attend to ( loc. ), RV. i, 72, 5 ; ( Ā. ) to conceal, hide (?), RV. ix, 68, 4 ; to conceal one's self, be afraid (?), ib. x, 68, 1 : Caus. rakṣayati, te ( aor. ararakṣat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93 , Sch. ), to guard, watch, save or protect from ( abl. ), Kāv. ; Pañcat. : Desid. rirakṣati, to wish to guard, intend to protect from ( abl. ), MBh. : Intens. See rārakṣāṇa.

2. rakṣ ( ifc. ) guarding, watching &c. (see gorakṣ).