1. rakz cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 6 ) ra/kzati ( Ved. and mc. also °te ; pf. rara/kza , RV. &c. &c.; aor. arakzIt , AV. &c.; arAkzIt , Br. ; Prec. rakzyAt Gr. ; fut. rakzitA , MBh. ; rakzizyati Cond. arakzizyat , ib. ; rakzye , R. ; inf. rakzitum , 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. rakzayati , °te ( aor. ararakzat , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 93 , Sch. ), to guard, watch, save or protect from ( abl. ), Kāv. ; Pañcat. : Desid. rirakzati , to wish to guard, intend to protect from ( abl. ), MBh. : Intens. See rArakzARa/ .
rakz 1 P. ( rakzati, rakzita ) 1 To protect, guard, take care of, watch, tend (as cattle); rule, govern (as earth); BavAnimAM pratikftiM rakzatu Ś. 6 ; jYAsyasi kiyadBu jo me rakzati mOrvIkiRAMka iti Ś. 1. 13. 2 To keep, not to divulge; rahasyaM rakzati . 3 To preserve, save, keep away from, spare (often with abl. ); saKIjanAdupahasanIyatAM rakzAmi Mk. 4 ; darSanapaTa drakzyate Ratn. 1 ; alabDaM cEva lipseta labDaM rakzedavakzayAt H. 2. 8 ; ApadarTe DanaM rakzet H. 1. 42 ; R. 2. 50 , 11. 87. 4 To avoid; rakzaMtI bAzpamokzaM K. ; Mu. 1. 2.