(see1. ruh-,of which this seems to be only another form) cl.1 P.r/odhati-, to sprout, shoot, grow (only r/odhati-;and vir/odhat-, ; according to to some also parasmE-padarudhat-, nad/asya rudhat/aḥ k/āmaḥ-,"the desire of the growing reed" id est of the membrum virile;others,"of the husband who keeps me away", from2. rudh-; see also nada-).
cl.7 P. A1. () ruṇ/addhi-, runddh/e- (1. plural-rudhmas-; rundhati-, te- etc.; rodhati-perfect tenserurodha-, rurudhe- etc.; rurundhatuḥ-; Aoristaraut-; arautsīt- etc.; rotsīs-; arutsi-, aruddha-; arautsi-; arodham-; arudhma-; parasmE-padarudh/at-see1. rudh-; arudhat- etc.; precedingrudhyāt-; futureroddhā-grammar; rotsyati-, te- etc. infinitive moodroddhum-or rodhitum-; roddhos-; ind.p.ruddhvā- etc.; -r/udhya- etc.; -rundhya-; -r/udham-; -r/undham-; -rodham-), to obstruct, check, arrest, stop, restrain, prevent, keep back, withhold (always with na-), etc. ; to avert, keep off, repel (seerudhat-under1. rudh-) ; to shut, lock up, confine in (locative case) etc. (according to to also with double accusative) ; to besiege, blockade, invest etc. ; to close, block up (a path) ; to cover, conceal, veil, obscure etc. ; to stop up, fill ; to lay (dust) ; to touch, move (the heart) ; to torment, harass ; to lose, be deprived of (accusative) ; to tear, rend asunder (?) : Causalrodhayati- (Epic also te-and rundhayati-; Aoristarūrudhat-; Passive voicerodhyate-), to stop, arrest ; to cause to be confined by (accusative) ; to cause to be besieged by (instrumental case) ; to close (with a cover or lid) ; to fetter, enchain, influence ; to oppress, torment, harass : Desiderativerorutsate- (), ti- (), to wish to obstruct etc.: Intensiverorudhyate-, roroddhi-, to obstruct intensely or repeatedly etc. grammar (only rorudhaḥ-)
(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') idem or '(in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') impeding, holding (Seekara-r-).' (See/a-go-r-).
n.Name of a city (confer, compareśonita-pura-). ([ confer, compareGreek , ; Latin ruber,rubeo,rufus; Lithuanian ru4das,rau4das,raudo4nas; Slavonic or Slavonian ru8dru8,ru8de8ti; Gothic rauths; Anglo-Saxon rea4d; English red; German ro7t,rot.])
to bar (as a way) ; to surround, confine, overcome etc. ; cl.4 A1.-rudhyate- or EpicP.-rudhyati- (2. sg.-rudhyase-), to adhere to, be fond of, love ; to coax, soothe, entreat.
P.-ruṇaddhi- and A1. (imperative 3. sg./ā-runddhām-; perfect tense/ārurudhre-) to shut up, lock in ; to blockade, besiege ; to keep off, ward off : Causal-rodhayati-, to obstruct, impede
P. (Aorist-rudhat-) to obstruct, enclose, contain , (infinitive mood-roddhum-) to check, keep back, restrain , to expel ; -ruṇaddhi-, to seclude, put aside, remove ; to shut in, (AoristA1.avāruddha-and Passive voiceavārodh-) ; to keep anything (accusative,as one's grief) locked up (in one's bosom accusative) ; (ind.p.-rudhya-) to keep one's self (ātmānam-) wrapped up in one's self (ātmani-) ; (imperfect tenseavāruṇat-) to confine within, besiege : A1.-rundhe- (for nddhe-; imperfect tenseavārundha-; ind.p.-r/udhya-; Ved.infinitive mood-r/udham- and -rudham-) chiefly Ved. to reach, obtain, gain: P. (parasmE-padaf.-rundhatī-; seeanurudh-) to be attached to, like : Desid.A.-rurutsate-, Vedic or Veda to wish to obtain or gain etc.: Intens.P. (subjunctive 2. sg.-rorudhas-) to expel from (the dominion)
P. A1.-ruṇaddhi-, -runddhe-, to hold back, stop, hinder, shut up, confine, restrain, check, suppress, destroy etc. ; to keep away, ward off, remove ; to surround or invest (a place) ; to close (literally"a door"or figuratively"heart, mind"etc.) etc. ; to catch or overtake : Causal-rodhayati-, to shut or cause to be shut
P.-ruṇaddhi- (Epic also -rundhati-), to shut up, enclose, confine : Passive voice-rudhyate-, to be enclosed or contained in (locative case) ; to be shut out of. be deprived of.
P.-ruṇaddhi-, to keep back, restrain, hinder, check, stop, obstruct, suppress ; to shut in, confine ; to withdraw (the senses from the outer world) : Passive voice-rudhyate-, to be kept back etc.
P. A1.-ruṇaddhi-, -runddhe-, to stop completely, detain, obstruct, check, confine etc. ; to block up (a road) ; to invest, besiege etc. ; to shut up (the mind from external objects) ; to keep off, avert, impede, prevent ; to withhold, refuse : Causal-rodhayati- (only ind.p.-rodhya-), to cause to stop, obstruct
P. A1.-ruṇaddhi-, -runddhe-, and -rundhati-, -te- (also -rodhati-) to lock in, shut up, besiege, blockade etc. ; to keep, hold back, stop, obstruct, hinder, interrupt ; to molest, trouble, importune, annoy etc. ; to cover, conceal : Causal-rodhayati-, to injure
P. A1.-ruṇaddhi-, -runddhe-, (P.) to hinder, obstruct, invest, besiege ; to close ; (A1.) to encounter opposition from (instrumental case) : Passive voice-rudhyate- (mc. also ti-), to be impeded or checked or kept back or withheld etc. ; to be opposed, to contend with (instrumental case with or without saha-, genitive caselocative case,or accusative with prati-) etc. ; to be at variance with or contradictory to (instrumental case) ; to fail : Causal-rodhayati- (rarely te-), to set at variance, disunite ; to oppose, encounter, fight against or contend, with (accusative,rarely genitive case) ; to object to (accusative) : Desiderative-rurutsati-, to wish to commence hostility
f. (once in m.;fr. 3. vi-+1. rudh-equalsruh-seevi-sruh-) a plant, herb (especially a creeping plant or a low shrub) etc. (vīr/udhām p/atiḥ-,"lord of plants", in applied to soma-, in to the moon)
रुधिर a. [रुध्-किरच् Uṇ.1.5] Red, red-coloured. -रम् 1 Blood. -2 Saffron. -रः 1 The red colour. -2 The planet Mars; रोहिणीशकटमर्कनन्दनश्चेद् भिनत्ति रुधिरो$थवा शशी Pt.1.213. -3 A kind of precious stone. -Comp. -अन्धः N. of a hell. -अशनः 'a blood-eater', a demon, an evil spirit. -आख्यः a kind of precious stone. -आननम् one of the five retrograding motions of Mars. -आमयः hemorrhage, piles. -उद्गारिन् a. 1 emitting blood. -2 N. of a संवत्सर. -पायिन् m. a demon. -प्लावित a. soaked in blood. -लालस a. sanguinary. -लेपः a. spot of blood. -सार a. sanguine.
अनुरुध् 7 U. 1 To obstruct, block up; शिलाभिर्ये मार्गमनुरुन्धन्ति Mb.; to surround, hem in; रुद्रानुचरैर्मखो महान् ... अन्वरुध्यत Bhāg. -2 To bind, fasten. -3 To stick or adhere to, follow closely, observe, practise; अनुरुध्या- दघं त्र्यहम् Ms.5.63 should observe impurity (be in mourning); पुमांसमनुरुध्य जाता पुमनुजा P.III.2.1 Sk. born immediately after a male. -4 To love, be fond of, or devoted to, attach oneself to. समस्थमनुरुध्यन्ते विषमस्थं त्यजन्ति च Rām.; सद्वृत्तिमनुरुध्यन्तां भवन्तः Mv.2 follow or adopt; स्वधर्ममनुरुन्धन्ते नातिक्रमम् Ki.11.78; नानुरोत्स्ये जगल्लक्ष्मीम् Bk.16.23 love, like. -5 To conform to, obey, follow, adapt oneself to, act up to; नियतिं लोक इवानुरुध्यते Ki.2.12: हन्त तिर्यञ्चो$पि परिचयमनुरुध्यन्ते U.3 remember or cherish (act up to it); मद्वचनमनुरुध्यते वा भवान् K.181,298; वात्सल्यमनुरुध्यन्ते महात्मनः Mv.6 feel the force of compassion; तेनापि रावणे मैत्रीमनुरुध्य व्यपेक्ष्यते Mv.5.34 following up; यदि गुरुष्वनुरुध्यसे Mv.3 regard with respect, obey; अनुरुध्यस्व भगवतो वसिष्ठस्यादेशम् U.4; चन्द्रकेतोर्वचनम् U.5. -6 To coax, gratify, flatter, soothe; इत्यादिभिः प्रियशतरैनुरुध्य मुग्धाम् U.3.26; अभिनवसेवकजने$पि एकमनुरुध्यते K.27 please by carefully attending to &c., show regard for; 248. -7 To urge, press, entreat, request; आगमनाय अनुरुध्यमानः K.277; तया चाहमनुरुध्य- मानस्तां बकुलमालां दत्तवान् Māl.1; सा च भीमधन्वना बलवदनुरुद्धा Dk.122 courted, wooed. -8 To assent or agree to, approve; like, comply with; प्रकृतयो न मे व्यसनमनुरुध्यन्ते Dk.16; यदि भगवाननुरुध्यते Mv.4 agree with me.
अनुरुध् a. [रुध-क्विप्] 1 One who obeys, conforms to &c. -2 Obeyed, observed, wanted (अपेक्षित), written as अनूरुध्; आक्षित् पूर्वास्वपरा अनूरुत् Rv.3.55.5.
आरुध् 7 U. 1 To keep or ward off, keep away, restrain; बन्धुता शुचमारुणत् Bk.17.49. -2 To shut up, confine. -3 To besiege. -4 To hold fast, grasp. -Caus. To obstruct, impede, block, besiege.
क्रुध् 4 P. (क्रुध्यति, क्रुद्ध) To be angry (with the dat. of the person who is the object of anger); हरये क्रुध्यति; but sometimes with words like उपरि, प्रति &c. also; ते ह ब्राह्मणाश्चुक्रुधुः Bṛi. Up.3.1.2; ममोपरि स क्रुद्धः, न मां प्रति क्रुद्धो गुरुः &c.
दौरुधरी f. A conjunction of planets Jupiter and Venus with the moon regarded as highly auspicious for births; श्रयत्ययं दौरुधरीं धुरं ध्रुवम् N.15.42. (cf. 'गुरुभार्गवयोर्योग- श्चन्द्रेणैव यदा भवेत् । तदा दुरुधरायोगः' इति ज्योतिःशास्त्रे.)
विरुध् 7 U. 1 To oppose, obstruct, hinder, prevent. -Pass. 1 To be opposed to, be inconsistent or at variance with. -2 To contend or quarrel with; एको दोषो विदेशस्य स्वजातिर्यद्विरुध्यते Pt.4.116. -3 To fail. -4 To be kept back or withheld.
वीरुध् धा f. 1 A spreading creeper; लता प्रतानिनी विरुत् Ak.; आहोस्वित् प्रसवो ममापचरितैर्विष्टम्भितो वीरुधाम् Ś.5. 9; Ku.5.34; R.8.36. -2 A branch, shoot. -3 A plant which grows after being cut. -4 A creeper, a shrub in general; भृशं ददर्शाश्रममण्डपोपमाः सपुष्पहासाः स निवेशवीरुधः Ki.4.19.
a. red, bloody (AV.1); m. planet Mars (=Ma&ndot;gala); n. (rúdh-) blood (Br., C.); saffron: -lepa, m. spot of blood; -sâra, a. in whom blood predominates, san guine; -½âdâna, n. withdrawal of blood; -½âmaya, m. hemorrhage; -½asana, a. feeding on blood (demon, arrow).
m. arid waste, wilderness, desert; -patha, m. arid tract, sandy waste, desert; -bhava, m. inhabitant of the desert; -bhûti: -ka, m. N.; -bhûmi, f. desert region, wilderness; N. of a country (Mârwâr); -mandala, n. (desert region), N. of a country; -mahî, f. desert land, wilder ness; -vaka, m. a flower; -sthala, n., -stha lî, f. desert tract, wilderness, sandy waste.
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to arrest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to avert (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to besiege (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to block up (a path) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to blockade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to check (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to close (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to conceal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to confine in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to invest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lay (dust) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lock up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to move (the heart) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obscure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obstruct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to prevent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to repel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to restrain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to touch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to veil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to withhold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of precious stone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hell (?)
name of a terrible Rākṣasa
the bloodred planet or Mars (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 4 parasmaipada) to bar (as a way) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to confine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to overcome (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to surround (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to besiege (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to confine within (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to contain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to enclose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep anything locked up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep one's self (ātmānam) wrapped up in one's self (ātmani) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obstruct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to put aside (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to remove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to restrain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to seclude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to besiege (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to blockade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lock in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to ward off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to annoy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to besiege (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to blockade (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to conceal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hinder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hold back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to importune (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to interrupt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to lock in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to molest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obstruct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to trouble (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to block
to catch or overtake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to check (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to close (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to confine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to destroy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hinder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hold back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obstruct
to remove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to restrain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut up (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to suppress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to surround or invest (a place) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to ward off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 parasmaipada) to enclose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hinder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obstruct (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to check (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to conceal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to confine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to cover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hinder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to oppose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to prevent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to resist (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shut off (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 parasmaipada) to check (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to keep or hold back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to stop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to be at variance with or contradictory to (instr.)
to be impeded or checked or kept back or withheld
to be opposed
to besiege
to close
to contend with
to encounter opposition from (instr.)
to fail
to hinder
to invest
to obstruct Frequency rank 1383/72933
noun (feminine) a branch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a plant which grows again after being cut (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
herb (esp. a creeping plant or a low shrub) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shoot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the snare or noose of Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 7 ātmanepada) to check
to confine
to hinder
to keep back
to obstruct
to restrain
to shut in
to stop
to suppress
to withdraw (the senses from the outer world) Frequency rank 7761/72933
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