Avarodhayana, Avarodhāyana, Avarodha-ayana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvarodhāyana (अवरोधायन).—
1) a seraglio.
2) siege.
Derivable forms: avarodhāyanam (अवरोधायनम्).
Avarodhāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms avarodha and ayana (अयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvarodhāyana (अवरोधायन).—n.
(-naṃ) A seraglio. E. avarodha hindrance, and ayana going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvarodhāyana (अवरोधायन):—[from ava-rodha > ava-rudh] n. a seraglio, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvarodhāyana (अवरोधायन):—[ava-rodhāyana] (naṃ) 1. n. A seraglio.
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