avarodha 1

ava-rodha m. hindrance, obstruction, injury, harm Suśr. &c

• seclusion, imprisonment Āp. Comm. on Yājñ

• an enclosure, confinement, besieging Hit

• a covering, lid L

• a fence, pen L

• the inner apartments of a palace, the queen's or women's apartments MBh. i, 1812 R. &c

• a palace L

• (ās), (or in comp. avarodha-) m.pl. the women's apartments, the wives of a king Śak. Ragh. &c

avarodha 2

ava-rodha m. (√1. rudh = √ruh) 'moving down',

1. rodha

• (= ava-roha below) a shoot or √sent down by a branch (of the Indian fig-tree) AitBr