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ārakkhato

ārakkha

masc abl sg of ārakkha (noun); masc abl pl of ārakkha (noun); masc dat sg of ārakkhanta (prp); nt dat sg of ārakkhanta (prp); …

1. ārakkha (masc): guard; watchman; protector
2. ārakkha (masc): protection; preservation; safe-keeping; safeguarding
3. ārakkhanta (prp): guarding; watching over; protecting
4. ārakkhā (fem): guard; watch; protection

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to; reverse motion
  Brings the action of rakkh into focus as a completed guarding or ward-off, turned around to mean deliberate protection.
• rakkh — root · hold fast, guard, protect
  The concrete image is grasping and holding; cognate with Latin arcēre (enclose, ward off) and English ark (a coffer, enclosure).
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular stem-formant
  This ending marks the masculine noun stem; in the ablative and dative forms shown here, the case-ending is added to this stem.

Etymology. ā + √rakkh (to guard, protect). The prefix ā- reverses the motion of the root: rakkh means 'to hold fast, guard', and ā- brings the action toward a goal or completion, yielding 'protection, guarding that reaches completion'. Cognate with Latin arcēre (to enclose, ward off), both from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erg- (to enclose, protect).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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