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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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).
  2. अधियोधadhiyodhaThe foremost hero or warrior (in fighting); न हि कोपपरीतानि हर्षवीर्योत्सुकानि च । भवन्ति अधियोधानां मुखानि…

    [आधिक्येन युध्यते; युध्-अच्]

    The foremost hero or warrior (in fighting); न हि कोपपरीतानि हर्षवीर्योत्सुकानि च । भवन्ति अधियोधानां मुखानि निहते पतौ Rām.

  3. अयोध्यayodhyaa.Not to be warred against, unassailable; irresistible; अद्यायोध्या महावाहो अयोध्या प्रतिभाति नः Rām.

    Not to be warred against, unassailable; irresistible; अद्यायोध्या महावाहो अयोध्या प्रतिभाति नः Rām.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ध्या The capital of solar kings, born of the line of Raghu, (the modern Oudh) situated on the river Śarayu. अलमुपहितशोभां तूर्णमायादयोध्याम् । Bk. [It is said to have extended 48 miles in length and 12 miles in breadth. It was also called Sāketa, and one of its suburbs was Nandi-grāma, where Bharata lived governing the kingdom during the absence of Rāma. The town plays an important part in the story of the Rāmāyaṇa; the second book (अयोध्याकाण्ड) dealing mostly with events that took place in that city during the youthful days of Rāma.]

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. योधyodha[yodh-á] m. warrior, soldier; -ana, n. fight; -anîya, fp. to be combatted.

    [yodh-á] masculine warrior, soldier; -ana, neuter fight; -anîya, future participle passive to be combatted.

  2. अपयोधरवारणapayodharavāraṇa[a-payodhara-vârana] a. not delayed by clouds; -samsarga, a. lack ing contact of the breasts.

    [a-payodhara-vârana] adjective not delayed by clouds; -samsarga, adjective lack ing contact of the breasts.

  3. अयोध्यayodhya[a-yodhyá] fp. unconquerable; â, f. N. of a city (Oude).

    [a-yodhyá] future participle passive unconquerable; â, feminine; also equal for noun of a city (Oude).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. योधyodhasee p. 858, col. 2 .
    1. see page and participle 858, column 2 .
    2. masculine gender (according to to Gan2ar. ii, 26, also neuter gender) a fighter, warrior, soldier fg-veda etc. etc. (with वृषः, a bull trained or fit for war VarBr2S.)
    3. masculine gender battle, war (see दुर्- and मिथो-य्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    4. masculine gender a kind of metre Col.
    5. masculine gender plural the third astrological mansion, VarYogay.
  2. अग्रयोधिन्agrayodhinm. the foremost man or leader in a fight
    1. masculine gender the foremost man or leader in a fight
    2. masculine gender a champion.
  3. अप्रतियोधिन्apratiyodhinmfn. "not having an adversary", irresistible MBh. (cf. g. गम्यादि .)

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "not having an adversary", irresistible MBh. (confer, compare gaRa गम्यादि .)

  4. अभ्ययोध्यम्abhyayodhyamind. towards or against Ayodhya1 अयोध्या Bhat2t2.

    indeclinable towards or against Ayodhya1 अयोध्या Bhat2t2.