7 U. (ruṇaddhi, ruṃddhe, rurodha, rurudhe, arudhat-arautsīt-aruddha, rotsyati-te, roddhuṃ, ruddha; desid. rurutsati-te) 1 To obstruct, stop, arrest, check, oppose, hinder; impede, prevent idaṃ ruṇaddhi māṃ padmamaṃtaḥ- kūjitaṣaṭpadaṃ V. 4. 21; ruddhāloke nara- patipathe Me. 37, 91; prāṇāpānagatī ruddhvā Bg. 4. 29.

2 To hold up, preserve, sustain (from falling); āśābaṃdhaḥ kusumasadṛśaṃ prāyaśo hyaṃganānāṃ...

(cf. 1. ruh, of which this seems to be only another form) cl.1 P. r/odhati, to sprout, shoot, grow (only r/odhati RV. viii, 43, 6; and vir/odhat, i, 67, 9; accord. to some also p. rudhat, i, 179, 4, in nad/asya rudhat/aḥ k/āmaḥ, the desire of the growing reed... mfn. (ifc.) sprouting, growing &c (cf. 2. ava-rodha and nyag-r) 884,1 178752 m. growing, ascending, moving upwards (cf. next). 114021 884,1 178752.1 m....

cl.7 P. A1. (Dha1tup. xxix, 1) ruṇ/addhi, runddh/e (1. pl. -rudhmas AV.; rundhati,te Br. &c; rodhati MBh. pf. rurodha,rurudhe RV. &c; rurundhatuḥ MBh.; aor. araut AV.; arautsīt Br. &c; rotsīs Up.; arutsi,aruddha Br. Up.; arautsi AitBr.; arodham RV.; arudhma... mfn. obstructed, checked, stopped, suppressed, kept back, withheld RV. &c 884,2 178756 mfn. shut, closed, covered MBh.; Ka1v. &c 884,2 178757 mfn. invested,...

prob. a root of this form once existed with a meaning to be red. 114067 884,2 178823 mfn. (prob. fr. the above lost root rudh, to be red; cf. rohita and also under rudra) red, blood-red, bloody AV. v, 29, 10 Page884,3 178824 m. the bloodred planet or Mars VarBr2S.; Pan5cat. 884,3 178825 m. a kind of precious stone (cf. rudhirākhya) 884,3 178826