restraint, control, suppression, destruction
restraint, check, control, suppression, destruction, Manu-smṛti (Title) ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ID=109430]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
निरोधnirodha
निरोध (nirodha) is a Sanskrit word meaning confinement, locking up, or imprisonment, investment, siege, enclosing or covering up, restraint, control, suppression, destruction, disappointment or frustration of hope, suppression or annihilation of pain. Its 18 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them General Restraint, Obstruction, or Control, Physical Confinement, Enclosure, or Siege, Negative Emotional States or Attitudes.
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Meanings by context
General Restraint, Obstruction, or Control
9 definitions
1. Confinement or imprisonment. 2. An enclosure. 3. Coercion, repression, or subjection. 4. Obstruction. 5. Destruction. 6. Disappointment.
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 142-3]
निरोध (nirodha) ni-rodha, m. confinement, imprisonment;
enclosure; coercion, repression, subjection;
obstruction; destruction; disappointment
(dr.); -ródhana, n. imprisonment;
coercion; refusal; disappointment (dr.). [ID=10655]
निरोध (nirodha) ni-rodha, m. confinement, imprisonment;
enclosure; coercion, repression, subjection;
obstruction; destruction; disappointment
(dr.); -ródhana, n. imprisonment;
coercion; refusal; disappointment (dr.). [ID=10655]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Loss or destruction. 2. Opposition, hindrance, restraint, or prevention. 3. Aversion, disfavour, or dislike. 4. Preserving. 5. Confinement.
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 473]
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha) m. (-धः (-dhaḥ))
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha) m. (-धः (-dhaḥ))
1 Loss, destruction.
2 Opposition, hindrance, check, restraint, prevention.
3 Aversion, disfavour, dislike.
4 Preserving.
5 Confinement.
E. नि (ni) before रुध (rudha) to oppose, affix घञ् (ghañ).
[ID=21955]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Loss. 2. Confinement. 3. A check. 4. Dislike. 5. Preserving.
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 422-a]
निरोध (nirodha) (धः) ((dhaḥ)) 1. m. Loss; confinement; check; dislike; preserving. [ID=21430]
निरोध (nirodha) (धः) ((dhaḥ)) 1. m. Loss; confinement; check; dislike; preserving. [ID=21430]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Confinement or imprisonment. 2. Enclosing or covering up. 3. Restraint, check, or prevention. 4. Annihilation or destruction. 5. Aversion or dislike. 6. Disappointment or frustration.
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 387-03]
निरोध (nirodha) m. 1. Confinement, imprisonment, M. viii.310; 2. enclosing, covering up; 3. restraint, check, prevention, K.S. iii.48; 4. annihilation, destruction; 5. aversion, dislike; 6. disappointment, frustration of hope (in dramatic language). [ID=19849]
निरोध (nirodha) m. 1. Confinement, imprisonment, M. viii.310; 2. enclosing, covering up; 3. restraint, check, prevention, K.S. iii.48; 4. annihilation, destruction; 5. aversion, dislike; 6. disappointment, frustration of hope (in dramatic language). [ID=19849]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Loss, destruction. 2. Opposition, hindrance, or restraint. 3. Disfavor or dislike. 4. Preserving. 5. Confinement.
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 395-b]
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha)
नि (ni)रोध (nirodha)
m. (-धः (-dhaḥ))
1. Loss, destruction.
2. Opposition, hindrance, check, restraint, prevention.
3. A version, disfavour, dislike.
4. Preserving. 5. Confinement.
E. नि (ni) before, रुध् (rudh) to oppose, affix भावे घञ् (bhāve ghañ).
[ID=21943]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Confinement or imprisonment. 2. Coercion. 3. Obstruction. 4. Destruction. 5. Disappointment.
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 0478-a]
निरोध (nirodha) nirodha, i. e. ni-rudh + a, m.
निरोध (nirodha) nirodha, i. e. ni-rudh + a, m.
1. Confinement, imprisonment, Man. 8,
375. 2. Coercion, 6, 60. 3. Obstruc-
tion, MBh. 3, 11554. 4. Destruction,
Hariv. 111. 5. Disappointment, Daśa-
rūp. 1, 31.
[ID=7564]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
shutting in, confinement, restraint, coercion, oppression
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 274]
निरोध (nirodha) m. shutting in, confinement, restraint, coercion, oppression. [ID=16655]
निरोध (nirodha) m. shutting in, confinement, restraint, coercion, oppression. [ID=16655]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Confinement, imprisonment, or covering up.
2. Restraint, suppression, hindrance, or opposition.
3. Annihilation or destruction.
4. Frustration of hope in drama.
5. Hurting or injuring.
6. Aversion, disfavour, or dislike.
7. Suppression of pain in Buddhism.
8. The name of a man.
निरोध (nirodha) [Printed book page 0495-a]
Ni-rodha, as, m. shutting in, confinement, locking up, imprisonment; enclosing, covering up; check, restraint, coercion, suppression, hindrance, prevention, obstruction, opposition; annihilation, destruction; (in dramatic language) disappointment, frustration of hope; hurting, injuring (= ni-graha); aversion, disfavour, dislike; (with Buddhists) suppression or annihilation of pain (one of the four principles); N. of a man. [ID=25137]
Ni-rodha, as, m. shutting in, confinement, locking up, imprisonment; enclosing, covering up; check, restraint, coercion, suppression, hindrance, prevention, obstruction, opposition; annihilation, destruction; (in dramatic language) disappointment, frustration of hope; hurting, injuring (= ni-graha); aversion, disfavour, dislike; (with Buddhists) suppression or annihilation of pain (one of the four principles); N. of a man. [ID=25137]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Physical Confinement, Enclosure, or Siege
3 definitions
confinement, locking up, or imprisonment
(H3) [Printed book page 554,1]
नि- (ni-)°रोध (°rodha) m. confinement, locking up, imprisonment (-तस् (-tas), Manu-smṛti (Title) viii, 375 ) [ID=109427]
नि- (ni-)°रोध (°rodha) m. confinement, locking up, imprisonment (-तस् (-tas), Manu-smṛti (Title) viii, 375 ) [ID=109427]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
investment, siege
investment, siege, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=109428]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
enclosing or covering up
enclosing, covering up, Varāha-mihira [Cologne Addition] (Author) ; Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ID=109429]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Negative Emotional States or Attitudes
2 definitions
disappointment or frustration of hope
(in dram.) disappointment, frustration of hope, Daśarūpa (Title) [ID=109431]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
dislike or aversion
aversion, disfavour, dislike, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ID=109435]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Cessation of Suffering (Philosophical/Religious)
1 definition
suppression or annihilation of pain
(with, Buddhist literature (Literary category) ) suppression or annihilation of pain (one of the 4 principles), Lalita-vistara (Title) ; Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 43, 56, 137 &c. [ID=109432]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Harm or Injury
1 definition
hurting or injuring
hurting, injuring (= नि-ग्रह (ni-graha)), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=109434]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Proper Noun (Name of a Person)
1 definition
a man's name
N. of a man, Lalita-vistara (Title) [ID=109436]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Specific Technical Process (e.g., in Mineralogy)
1 definition
a particular process applied to minerals, especially quicksilver
a partic. process to which minerals (esp. quicksilver) are subjected, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=109433]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.