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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry योध

  1. योधyodhaA warrior, soldier, combatant; सहा- स्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः Mb.; वसन्तयोधः समुपागतः प्रिये Ṛs.6.1; Bg.11.26.

    [युध्-अच्]

    1. A warrior, soldier, combatant; सहा- स्मदीयैरपि योधमुख्यैः Mb.; वसन्तयोधः समुपागतः प्रिये Ṛs.6.1; Bg.11.26.
    2. War, battle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आगरः, -रम् a soldier's dwelling, a barrack.

    • -धर्मः the law of soldiers, a military law; योधधर्मः सनातनः Ms.7.98.

    • -मुख्यः a chief warrior, leader.

    • -संरावः mutual defiance of combatants, a challenge.

    In the Gita11·32

    येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ॥

    ye'vasthitāḥ pratyanīkeṣu yodhāḥ. — The Blessed Lord said:- I am the Time-Spirit, destroyer of the world, arisen huge-statured for the destruction of the nations. Even without thee all… 11·32
    • योधाःyodhāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun yodha (the warrior).

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Headwords under य

Part 3 of 3 युञ्ज् – यौष्माकAll parts
  1. य – यस्मात्
  2. यहु – युज्य
  3. युञ्ज् – यौष्माक