Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A siege, blockade.
2 Hindering, obstructing.
3 An ob- stacle, impediment.
4 A closed or private place.
5 The innermost part of anything.
6 The inner or women's apartments in a royal palace; rājāvarodhanavadhūravatārayaṃtaḥ Śi. 5. 18; avarodhane sthāsyati Dk. 120.
7 An inmate of the harem, a queen, wife; avarodhanāni siṃdhoḥ Śi. 8. 8 (samudramahiṣyo nadyaḥ).