The Sanskrit terms Parirakṣaka and Pārirakṣaka can be transliterated into English as Pariraksaka or Parirakshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parirakṣaka (परिरक्षक).—A protector, guardian.

Derivable forms: parirakṣakaḥ (परिरक्षकः).

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Pārirakṣaka (पारिरक्षक).—A religious mendicant, an ascetic.

Derivable forms: pārirakṣakaḥ (पारिरक्षकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pārirakṣaka (पारिरक्षक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An ascetic or religious mendicant. E. pāri said to mean, future happiness, from pari and rakṣaka who preserves.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parirakṣaka (परिरक्षक).—[masculine] guardian, keeper.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parirakṣaka (परिरक्षक):—[=pari-rakṣaka] [from pari-rakṣ] m. a guardian, protector, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Pārirakṣaka (पारिरक्षक):—[=pāri-rakṣaka] [from pāri] m.

2) (-rakṣā) a Brāhman in the fourth period of life, a Bhikṣu or Saṃnyāsī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pārirakṣaka (पारिरक्षक):—[pāri-rakṣaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An ascetic.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parirakshaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parirakṣaka (ಪರಿರಕ್ಷಕ):—

1) [noun] he who protects (another) carefully.

2) [noun] a guard; a watchman.

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Pārirakṣaka (ಪಾರಿರಕ್ಷಕ):—[noun] an ascetic or religious mendicant.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rakshaka, Pari.

Full-text: Parirakshitri, Parirakshika, Abhishastipa.

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