The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rakkhati [Vedic raksati, rak+ to Idg. *ark (cp. Lat. arceo etc.) in enlarged form *aleq=Gr. a)le/cw to protect
(Alexander!); a)lkh/ strength; Ags. ealgian to protect, Goth. alhs=Ags. ealh temple. Cp. also base *areq in
P. aggala. The Dhtp 18 expls rakkh by "p!lana"] 1. to protect, shelter, save, preserve Sn 220; J iv.255 (ma'
rakkheyy!tha); vi.589 (=p!leti); Pv ii.943 (dhana'); Miln 166 (rukkha'), 280 (att!na' rakkheyya save
himself); PvA 7. -- grd. rakkhiya to be protected Mhvs 33, 45. Neg. arakkhiya & arakkheyya (in meaning
3) see separately. -- Pass. ppr. rakkhiyam!na J i.140. -- 2. to observe, guard, take care of, control (with ref.
to citta' the heart, and s"la' good character or morals) It 67 (s"la'); DhA i.295 (citta' rakkha, equivalent
with citta' dama), 397 (!c!ra'); J iv.255 (v!ca'); VvA 59 (s"l!ni rakkhi); PvA 66 (s"la' rakkhatha,
uposatha' karotha). -- 3. to keep (a) secret, to put away, to guard against (i. e. to keep away from) Sn 702
(mano -- padosa' rakkheyya); Miln 170 (vac"duccarita' rakkheyya). -- pp. rakkhita. See also par"p!leti &
parirakkhati .
Rakkhana
Rakkhana (nt.) [fr. rakkh] 1. keeping, protection, guarding Nett 41; Mhvs 35, 72 (rahassa˚ -- atth!ya so that
he should keep the secret); PvA 7. -- 2. observance, keeping VvA 71 (uposatha -- s"la˚); PvA 102 (s"la˚),
210 (uposatha˚).
Rakkhanaka
Rakkhanaka (adj.) [fr. rakkhana] observing, keeping; one who observes J i.228 (pañca -- s"la˚; so read for
rakkh!naka).
Rakkhasa
Rakkhasa [cp. Vedic rak+a, either fr. rak+ to injure, or more likely fr. rak+ to protect or ward off (see details
at Macdonell, Vedic Mythology pp. 162 -- 164)] a kind of harmful (nocturnal) demon, usually making the
water its haunt and devouring men Th 1, 931; Sn 310 (Asura˚); J i.127 (daka˚=udaka˚), 170 (id.); vi.469
(id.); DhA i.367 (˚pariggahita -- pokkhara*"); iii.74 (udaka˚); Sdhp 189, 313, 366. -- f. rakkhas" J iii.147 (r.
paj!); Mhvs 12, 45 (rudda˚, coming out of the ocean).
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Rakkh!
Rakkh! (f.) [verb -- noun fr. rakkh] shelter, protection, care A ii.73 (+paritt!); Mhvs 25, 3; J i.140 (bah(hi
rakkh!hi rakkhiyam!na); PvA 198 (˚' sa'vidahati). Often in combn rakkh!+!vara*a (+gutti) shelter &
defence, e. g. at Vin ii.194; D i.61 (dhammika' r. -- v. gutti' sa'vidaheyy!ma); M ii.101; J iv.292. --
Cp. gorakkh!. -- Note. rakkh! at J iii.144 is an old misreading for rukkh!.
Rakkhita
Rakkhita [pp. of rakkhati] guarded, protected, saved S iv.112 (rakkhitena k!yena, rakkhit!ya v!c!ya etc.);
A i.7 (citta' r.); Sn 288 (dhamma˚), 315 (gott!˚); VvA 72 (m!tu˚, pitu˚ etc.); PvA 61, 130. -- Note.
rakkhita' karoti at Mhvs 28, 43 Childers trsls "take under protection," but Geiger reads rakkhike and trsls
"appoint as watchers." -- atta one who guards his character S i.154; J i.412; SnA 324. -- indriya guarding
one's senses Sn 697. -- m!nas!na guarding one's mind Sn 63 (= gopitam!nas!no -- rakkhita -- citto Nd2
535).
Ranga
Ranga1 [fr. raj1, rajati, to be coloured or to have colour] colour, paint Miln 11 (˚palibodha). -- k!ra dyer
Miln 331. -- j!ta colour M i.385; VbhA 331. -- ratta dyed crimson Vin i.185=306.