विरोधvirodha1 Opposition, obstruction, impediment.
- 1 Opposition, obstruction, impediment.
- Blockade, siege, investment.
- Restraint, check.
- Inconsistency, incongruity, contradiction; विरोधो न विद्यते ब्रह्माद्वितीयमेव सत्यम् । (-त्रिपाद्विभूतिमहानारायणोपनिषत् 4.2.)
- Antithesis, contrast.
- Enmity, hostility; विरोधो विश्रान्तः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.11; Pt.1.332; R.1.13.
- A quarrel, disagreement.
- A calamity, misfortune.
- (In Rhet.) An apparent incongruity which is merely verbal and is explained away by properly construing the passage; it consists in representing objects as antithetical to one another though in the nature of things they are not so; representing things as being together though really they cannot be together; (this figure is largely used by Bāṇa and Subandhu; पुष्पवत्यपि पवित्रा, कृष्णोऽप्यसुदर्शनः, भरतोऽपि शत्रुघ्नः being familiar instances;) it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: विरोधः सोऽविरोधे- ऽपि विरुद्धत्वेन यद्वचः K. Parasmaipada1; this figure is also called विरोधाभास).
Derived forms and compounds
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-उक्तिः Feminine, -वचनम् contradiction, opposition.
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-उपमा (in Rhet.) a comparison founded on opposition; शतपत्रं शरच्चन्द्रस्त्वदाननमिति त्रयम् । परस्परविरोधीति सा विरोधोपमा मता ॥ Kāv.2.33.
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-कारिन् Adjective fomenting quarrels.
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-कृत् Adjective opposing. (-Masculine) an enemy.
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-परिहारः reconciliation; Kull. on Ms.7.152.
Source: ApteApte entry
