MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raksha mean?
Rakṣā is the Sanskrit noun for protection or guarding. It also denotes a preservative amulet or protective token. Ritual usage applies the word to a thread tied at the wrist.
Pronunciation
IAST: rakṣā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रक्षा
Letter-by-letter: rakṣā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raksha in Indian usage
25,114 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (90%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 22,611 records (90%).
- Recorded as male: 2,503 records (10%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 889 |
| 1950s | 2,206 |
| 1960s | 3,572 |
| 1970s | 4,355 |
| 1980s | 6,140 |
| 1990s | 7,716 |
| Other decades | 236 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,645 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,586 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,044 |
| Rajasthan | 2,013 |
| Haryana | 1,956 |
| Bihar | 591 |
| Uttarakhand | 502 |
| Maharashtra | 275 |
| Jharkhand | 220 |
| Other states | 282 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, rakṣā, p. 860,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.