to shield from injury, danger or loss; to guard, defend; to protect.

a female giant, demon.

(fig.) an extremely cruel, wicked woman.

= ರಾಕ್ಷಸ2 - 1 & 2.

the act or an instance of protecting, guarding a person or a thing; protection.

a man who protects; a protector; a guard.

(dance.) a kind of hand gesture in giving protection.

= ರಕ್ಷಣೆ - 1.

any mystical thing that is supposed to protect, save a person or thing from harm, danger, injury, etc., as an amulet, talisman.

a branding on the forehead or head with a hot piece of bangle to cure convulsion, paroxysm.

to shield from injury, danger or loss; to guard, defend; to protect.

(myth.) a member of a race of huge beings of human form who war with the gods; a giant; a demon.

(fig.) an extremely cruel, wicked man.

= ರಾಕ್ಷಸಿ - 1 & 2.

(mus.) name of a musical mode (rāga).

any of large, heavy, omnivorous carnivores of Ursidae family, that walk flat on the soles of their feet and have shaggy fur and a very short tail; a bear.

any of the luminous celestial objects seen as points of light in the sky; esp., any self-luminous, celestial body having continuous nuclear reactions which send heat, light, etc. in all directions; a star.

the tree Bignonia indica of Bigononiaceae family.

a kind of deer.

one of the seven mythological mountains.