adjective noun

1. guarding, protecting, watching, taking care Pv-a.7; f. -ikā (dāsī) Dhp-a.iv.103 (a servant watching the house).
2. observing, keeping Ja.i.205 (sīla˚).
3. a cultivator Ja.ii.11 …

adjective preserving, keeping up Ja.iv.192 (vaṃsa˚); Ja.vi.1 (id.).

fr. anurakkhati, cp. ˚rakkhin

…(of merit) Vv-a.108;

• -rakkhaka the guardian of a field Ja.ii.110;
• -ūpama to be likened to a (fruitful) field,…

…pisāca˚ = morakkhakaṃ, puthukaṃ, malinakaṃ capalakaṃ, selakaṃ, āṭakaṃ, bhallakaṃ, dūsilohaṃ. The description…

…eye“ at Vb-a.63 (morakkhaka loha, a kind of copper, grouped with pisācaloha). It is more likely however that morakkha is distorted fr….

…-pālaka guardian of tradition Vism.99 (tanti-dhara vaṃsanurakkhaka +); Dhp-a.iii.386.

pa + veṇi; cp. late Sk….

…Sdhp.474 (ariya˚).

• -ānurakkhaka preserving the lineage, carrying on the tradition Ja.iv.444; Vism.99 (+ paveṇi-pālaka) Dhp-a.iii.386. *…