रक्ष् [ rakṣ ] [ rakṣ ]1 Root cl. [1] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xvii , 6) [ rákṣati ] ( Ved. and mc. also [ °te ] ; pf. [ rarákṣa ] Lit. RV. ; aor. [ arakṣīt ] Lit. AV. ; [ arākṣīt ] Lit. Br. ; Prec. [ rakṣyāt ] Gr. ; fut. [ rakṣitā ] Lit. MBh. ; [ rakṣiṣyati ] Cond. [ arakṣiṣyat ] Lit. ib. ; [ rakṣye ] Lit. R. ; inf. [ rakṣitum ] Lit. MBh.) , to guard , watch , take care of , protect , save , preserve ( " from " abl.) Lit. RV. ; to tend (cattle) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to rule (the earth or a country) Lit. MBh. Lit. Rājat. ; to keep (a secret) Lit. Kathās. ; to spare , have regard to (another's feelings) Lit. Mālav. ; to observe (a law , duty ) Lit. RV. Lit. MBh. ; to guard against , ward off , keep away , prevent , frustrate , injure Lit. AV. v , 1 ; to beware of Lit. Kathās. ; (Ā.) to heed , attend to (loc.) Lit. RV. i , 72 , 5 ; (Ā.) to conceal , hide (?) Lit. RV. ix , 68 , 4 ; to conceal one's self , be afraid (?) Lit. ib. x , 68 , 1 : Caus. [ rakṣayati ] , [ °te ] (aor. [ ararakṣat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 93 Sch.) , to guard , watch , save or protect from (abl.) Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pañcat. : Desid. [ rirakṣati ] , to wish to guard , intend to protect from (abl.) Lit. MBh. : Intens. see [ rārakṣāṇá ] . ( ( Prob. a kind of Desid. of some root like [ raj ] or [ rajj ] ; cf. Gk. 1 , 2 ; Lat. (arx) , (arceo) . ) )