नि-√ रुध् P. Ā. -रुणद्धि,
-रुन्द्धे, to hold back, stop, hinder, shut up, confine, restrain, check, suppress, destroy,
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to keep away, ward off, remove,
[RV.] ;
[Br.] ;
to surround or invest (a place),
[Rājat.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to close (
lit. ‘a door’ or
fig. ‘heart, mind’ &c.),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to catch or overtake,
[Mṛcch. i, 20] :
Caus. -रोधयति, to shut or cause to be shut,
[Rājat.]