the act or an instance of protecting, guarding a person or a thing; protection.

a man who protects; a protector; a guard.

(dance.) a kind of hand gesture in giving protection.

any of the self-luminous celestial objects seen as points of light in the sky during night; a star.

any of a family (Ursidae) of large, heavy, omnivorous carnivores that walk flat on the soles of their feet and have shaggy fur and a very short tail; a bear.

any of the self-luminous celestial objects seen as points of light in the sky during night; a star.

(astrol.) any of the twelve mansions of the zodiac.

the constellation Ursa Major or Ursa Minor; the Bear.

harsh; rude, brute, not gentle.

rough; not smooth or nice.

bitter; astringent.

the quality of being harsh, rude, brutal; absence of gentleness; harshness.

the quality of being rough, roughness; unevenness.

rough; hard; harsh; not smooth.

unkind; cruel; merciless; brutal.

intense; strong; extreme.

the quality of being rough, hard; roughtness; hardness.

unkind, harsh words or speech (used in rebuking).

an unkind, cruel, merciless man; a brute.

irascibility; anger; wrath.

any of large, heavy, omnivorous carnivores of Ursidae family, that walk flat on the soles of their feet and have shaggy fur and a very short tail; a bear.

any of the luminous celestial objects seen as points of light in the sky; esp., any self-luminous, celestial body having continuous nuclear reactions which send heat, light, etc. in all directions; a star.

the tree Bignonia indica of Bigononiaceae family.

a kind of deer.

one of the seven mythological mountains.

(mus.) name of a musical mode (rāga).

= ರಕ್ಷಣೆ - 1.

any mystical thing that is supposed to protect, save a person or thing from harm, danger, injury, etc., as an amulet, talisman.

a branding on the forehead or head with a hot piece of bangle to cure convulsion, paroxysm.