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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirudh (निरुध्).—7 U.

1) To obstruct, stop, oppose, block up; न्यरुन्धंश्चास्य पन्थानम् (nyarundhaṃścāsya panthānam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.49; 16.2; Mṛcchakaṭika 1.22.

2) To confine, lock up; विप्रदुष्टां स्त्रियं भर्ता निरुन्ध्यादेकवेश्मनि (vipraduṣṭāṃ striyaṃ bhartā nirundhyādekaveśmani) Manusmṛti 11.176; सर्वद्वाराणि संयम्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च (sarvadvārāṇi saṃyamya mano hṛdi nirudhya ca) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.12.

3) To cover, hide; Manusmṛti 1.16.

4) To keep off, remove.

5) To curb, restrain, check; अभूतलस्पर्शतयानिरुद्धतः (abhūtalasparśatayāniruddhataḥ) Ś.7.1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirudh (निरुध्).—hold back or fast, stop, overtake, check, restrain, obstruct, hinder, shut up, confine.

Nirudh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and rudh (रुध्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirudh (निरुध्):—[=ni-√rudh] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ruṇaddhi, -runddhe, to hold back, stop, hinder, shut up, confine, restrain, check, suppress, destroy, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to keep away, ward off, remove, [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa] ;

—to surround or invest (a place), [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to close ([literally] ‘a door’ or [figuratively] ‘heart, mind’ etc.), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to catch or overtake, [Mṛcchakaṭikā i, 20] :

—[Causal] -rodhayati, to shut or cause to be shut, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nirudh (निरुध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiruṃbha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Rudh, Ni.

Starts with: Nir-utittanal, Nirudha, Nirudhalakshana, Nirudhaman, Nirudhamula, Nirudhapashubandha, Nirudhapashubandhahautraprayoga, Nirudhapashubandhamaitravarunaprayoga, Nirudhapashubandhaprayoga, Nirudhapashupaddhati, Nirudhashiras, Nirudhi, Nirudhopadha, Nirudhya, Nirudhyamana, Nirutar, Nirutipacam, Nirutiticai, Nirutuli.

Ends with: Samnirudh, Upanirudh.

Full-text (+5): Nirodhaka, Samnirudh, Nirodhana, Nirodha, Nirujjhati, Nirodheti, Upanirudh, Nirodhin, Nirundhat, Niroddhavya, Nirodhalakshana, Nirodhavarnana, Nirodhalakshanavivarana, Nirodhavivriti, Niruddhaprakasha, Nirudhyamana, Niruddhaguda, Nirumbha, Niruddhavat, Nirundhana.

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