Virudh, īܻ: 10 definitions
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Virudh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu1) īܻ (वीरुध्) refers to “that which creeps up the trees� and represents one of the five kinds of ṅkܰ or “substances (dravya) produced (ja) through a sprout (ṅkܰ)�, as defined in the first chapter (ū徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Anūpādi-varga covers some 16 major topics regarding land and vegetations (e.g., īܻ) .
īܻ (वीरुध्), also known as , refers to a “creeper� (viz., a creeping plant) according to the second chapter (ṇy徱-) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., īܻ] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
īܻ or are mentioned as having eight synonyms:
- Ulapa,
- ҳܱī,
- īܻ,
- ղī,
- ʰԾī,
- Vratati,
- Pratati,
- վīṇ�.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyīܻ (वीरुध्, “creeping plant, low shrub�).—One the classifications of plants according to their stature. īܻs are herbs with a spreading stem, e.g., creepers and gulmas. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the śܳٲ-ṃh and the 䲹첹-ṃh.
īܻ is listed as a classification for plants in the following sources:
The 䲹첹ṃh (ūٰٳԲ I.36-37) by Caraka.
The śܳٲṃh (ūٰٳԲ I.23) by Suśruta.
The ṇāvī by Udayanācārya, which is a commentary on the ʰśٲ岹ṣy.
The 屹ٳī辱 3.10.19 (commentary on the Bhāgavatapurāṇa) by Śrīdhara.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjectsīܻ (वीरुध्) means ‘plant� in the Rigveda and later. As contrasted with Oṣadhi, it denotes the inferior order of plants, but it often has practically the same sense as Oṣadhi.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVirudh (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; एक� दोषो विदेशस्य स्वजातिर्यद्विरुध्यत� (eko doṣo videśasya svajātiryadvirudhyate) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 4.116.
3) To fail.
4) To be kept back or withheld.
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īܻ (वीरुध्).�f.
1) A spreading creeper; लत� प्रतानिनी विरुत् (latā pratāninī virut) Ak.; आहोस्वित� प्रसवो ममापचरितैर्विष्टम्भितो वीरुधाम् (āhosvit prasavo mamāpacaritairviṣṭambhito īܻm) Ś.5. 9; Kumārasambhava 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 सपुष्पहासा� � निवेशवीरुधः (bhṛśa� dadarśāśramamaṇḍapopamā� sapuṣpahāsā� sa niveśavīrudha�) Kirātārjunīya 4.19.
See also (synonyms): īܻ.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīܻ (वीरुध्).—f. (-rud or rut) 1. A creeper or spreading creeper. 2. A branch and shoot. 3. A plant which grows after cutting. 4. A bower. E. vi before rudh to impede, aff. kvip, and the vowel of the prefix made long; also ṭāp being added, īܻ f. (-dhā) .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīܻ (वीरुध्).—i. e. vi-ruh, f. 1. A creeper. 2. A plant which grows again when being cut, [Բśٰ] 11, 142. 3. A plant in general, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 50; [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 38. 4. A branch and shoot, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 44, 10.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīܻ (वीरुध्).—[feminine] ([masculine]) herb, plant, [especially] a spreading creeper.
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Virudh (विरुध्).�= [Simple]
Virudh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and rudh (रुध्).
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Virudh (विरुध्).—hinder, obstruct, restrain, suppress, surround, besiege, confine, shut up; [Middle] be opposed by ([instrumental]); [Passive] virudhyate (°پ) be opposed or contrary to ([instrumental]); disagree, contend or fight with ([instrumental] ±, [genetive], [locative], or prati). [Causative] render hostile, disunite, exasperate.
Virudh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and rudh (रुध्).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Virudh (विरुध्):—[=vi-rudh] a. vi-�1. rudh (only in -rodhat, [Ṛg-veda i, 67, 9]), to shoot forth.
2) [v.s. ...] b. vi-�2. rudh [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -ṇa, -runddhe, ([Parasmaipada]) to hinder, obstruct, invest, besiege, [Rāmāyaṇa];
2) —to close, [Ṛtusaṃhāra];
2) � ([Ātmanepada]) to encounter opposition from ([instrumental case]), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] :
2) —[Passive voice] -rudhyate (mc. also ti), to be impeded or checked or kept back or withheld, [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;
2) —to be opposed, to contend with ([instrumental case] with or without saha, [genitive case] [locative case], or [accusative] with prati), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
2) —to be at variance with or contradictory to ([instrumental case]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
2) —to fail, [Mahābhārata] :
2) —[Causal] -rodhayati (rarely te), to set at variance, disunite, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];
2) —to oppose, encounter, fight against or contend, with ([accusative], rarely [genitive case]);
2) —to object to ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata x, 180] :
2) —[Desiderative] -rurutsati, to wish to commence hostility, [Mahābhārata]
3) īܻ (वीरुध्):—[=ī-ܻ] f. (once in [Mahābhārata] m.; [from] 3. vi + �1. rudh = ruh cf. vi-sruh) a plant, herb ([especially] a creeping plant or a low shrub), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (īܻm pati�, ‘lord of plants�, in [Ṛg-veda] applied to Soma, in [Mahābhārata] to the moon)
4) [v.s. ...] a branch, shoot, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] a plant which grows again after being cut, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] the snare or noose of Indra, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīܻ (वीरुध्):—[(d-t)] 5. f. A creeper; a branch and shoot.
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Starts with (+1): Virudavali, Virudhabandhana, Virudhabhumi, Virudhabodha, Virudhaka, Virudhana, Virudhanem, Virudhatrinankura, Virudhi, Virudhira, Virudlata, Virudvarga, Virujjhati, Virutar, Virutavan, Viruteluttu, Viruttam, Virutu, Virutukalam, Virutukattu.
Full-text (+769): Nirvirudh, Virodhin, Virujjhati, Pativirujjhati, Phanivirudh, Indravirudh, Virodhana, Virudlata, Visruh, Virodheti, Viruddhata, Viruddhabhojana, Virodhigrantha, Virodhinirodha, Viruddhopakramatva, Virudvarga, Viruddhagrantharahasya, Virodhavat, Virodhiyodha, Virodhoddhara.
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