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Rakshana
ரக்ஷனாSay it RUK-sha-naa
- Meaning
- Guarding, protection Monier-Williams, p. 859
- Say it
- RUK-sha-naa
- Written
- ரக்ஷனா
- Other spellings
- Rakshna, Rakshanaa
Rakshana
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Rakshana meaning
Rakshana (ரக்ஷனா) is a Tamil and Hindu girl's name of Sanskrit origin (Tamil usage).
Guarding, protection
Rakshana (ரக்ஷனா) is from Sanskrit rakṣaṇā, which Monier-Williams gives as guarding or protection; the related rakṣaṇa is the act of watching over and protecting, and as a masculine word 'a protector', a name of Vishnu. The Tamil Lexicon records the same root as iraṭcai, protection, and the protective mark of sacred ash. Rakshana is a girls' name used mainly in Tamil Nadu, alongside Raksha and Rakshitha, and carries the sense of a child who is kept safe.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 859 · entry rakṣaṇā · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, rakṣaṇa, rakṣaṇā, p. 859 · Tamil Lexicon, iraṭcai (இரட்சை), p. 307
Spellings
Rakshana · Rakshna · Rakshanaa