रक्षिका
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- ৰক্ষিকা (Assamese script)
- রক্ষিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- રક્ષિકા (Gujarati script)
- ꦫꦏ꧀ꦰꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- រក្ឞិកា (Khmer script)
- ರಕ್ಷಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ຣກ຺ຩິກາ (Lao script)
- 𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ရက္ၑိကာ (Burmese script)
- 𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ରକ୍ଷିକା (Oriya script)
- ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- రక్షికా (Telugu script)
- รกฺษิกา (Thai script)
- རཀྵིཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to guard, watch, take care of, protect, save, preserve”) + -इका (-ikā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɾɐk.ʂi.kɑː/
Noun
रक्षिका • (rakṣikā) f (Classical Sanskrit)
- female equivalent of रक्षक (rakṣaka, “protector, saviour, guardian”)
- Synonym: रक्षिणी (rakṣiṇī)
- an amulet, charm, or thread worn as a protective
- (New Sanskrit) a rakhi
- Synonyms: राखीसूत्र (rākhīsūtra), रक्षासूत्र (rakṣāsūtra), राखी (rākhī)
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of रक्षिका (rakṣikā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रक्षिका rakṣikā | रक्षिके rakṣike | रक्षिकाः rakṣikāḥ |
| Vocative | रक्षिके rakṣike | रक्षिके rakṣike | रक्षिकाः rakṣikāḥ |
| Accusative | रक्षिकाम् rakṣikām | रक्षिके rakṣike | रक्षिकाः rakṣikāḥ |
| Instrumental | रक्षिकया / रक्षिका¹ rakṣikayā / rakṣikā¹ | रक्षिकाभ्याम् rakṣikābhyām | रक्षिकाभिः rakṣikābhiḥ |
| Dative | रक्षिकायै rakṣikāyai | रक्षिकाभ्याम् rakṣikābhyām | रक्षिकाभ्यः rakṣikābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | रक्षिकायाः rakṣikāyāḥ | रक्षिकाभ्याम् rakṣikābhyām | रक्षिकाभ्यः rakṣikābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | रक्षिकायाः rakṣikāyāḥ | रक्षिकयोः rakṣikayoḥ | रक्षिकाणाम् rakṣikāṇām |
| Locative | रक्षिकायाम् rakṣikāyām | रक्षिकयोः rakṣikayoḥ | रक्षिकासु rakṣikāsu |
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Descendants
- Gujarati: રાખી (rākhī)
- Hindustani: rākhī
- Hindi: राखी
- Urdu: راکھی
- Marathi: राखी (rākhī)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “रक्षिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 859.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2021), “rakṣikā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “रक्षिका”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1323