विरुध्

{ virudh }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि    a.-√ 1. रुध् (only in -रो॑धत्, [RV. i, 67, 9]), to shoot forth.
वि    b.-√ 2. रुध् P. Ā. -रुणद्धि, -रुन्द्धे, ( P.) to hinder, obstruct, invest, besiege, [R.];

to close, [Ṛtus.];

( Ā.) to encounter opposition from ( instr.), [TS.] :

Pass. -रुध्यते ( mc. also °ति), to be impeded or checked or kept back or withheld, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c.;

to be opposed, to contend with ( instr. with or without सह, gen. loc., or acc. with प्रति), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.;

to be at variance with or contradictory to ( instr.), [MBh.]; [BhP.];

to fail, [MBh.] :

Caus. -रोधयति (rarely °ते), to set at variance, disunite, [MBh.]; [R.];

to oppose, encounter, fight against or contend, with ( acc., rarely gen.);

to object to ( acc.), [MBh. x, 180] :

Desid. -रुरुत्सति, to wish to commence hostility, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

विरुध् [virudh]   7 [U.]
To oppose, obstruct, hinder, prevent. -Pass.
To be opposed to, be inconsistent or at variance with.
To contend or quarrel with; एको दोषो विदेशस्य स्वजातिर्यद्विरुध्यते [Pt.4.116.]
To fail.
To be kept back or withheld.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : प्रतिबन्ध्, विघ्नय