rakkhaṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• रक्खण (Devanagari script)
• রক্খণ (Bengali script)
• රක‍්ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ရက္ခဏ or ရၵ္ၶꧣ or ရၵ်ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• รกฺขณ or รักขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣກ຺ຂຓ or ຣັກຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• រក្ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• rakkhana (Latin script)
• 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• रक्खन (Devanagari script)
• রক্খন (Bengali script)
• රක‍්ඛන (Sinhalese script)
• ရက္ခန or ရၵ္ၶၼ or ရၵ်ၶၼ (Burmese script)
• รกฺขน or รักขะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣກ຺ຂນ or ຣັກຂະນະ (Lao script)
• រក្ខន (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रक्षण (rakṣaṇa). By surface analysis, rakkh +‎ -ana.

Noun

rakkhaṇa n

1. protection
2. observance

Declension

Declension table of "rakkhaṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rakkhaṇaṃ	rakkhaṇāni
Accusative (second)	rakkhaṇaṃ	rakkhaṇāni
Instrumental (third)	rakkhaṇena	rakkhaṇehi or rakkhaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	rakkhaṇassa or rakkhaṇāya or rakkhaṇatthaṃ	rakkhaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rakkhaṇasmā or rakkhaṇamhā or rakkhaṇā	rakkhaṇehi or rakkhaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rakkhaṇassa	rakkhaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rakkhaṇasmiṃ or rakkhaṇamhi or rakkhaṇe	rakkhaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	rakkhaṇa	rakkhaṇāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rakkhana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead