ayoDya a. Not to be warred against, unassailable; irresistible; adyAyoDyA mahAbAho ayoDyA pratiBAti naH Rām. — DyA The capital of solar kings, born of the line of Raghu, (the modern Oudh) situated on the river Sarayū. [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 governed the kingdom during the absence of Rāma. The town plays an important part in the story of the Rāmāyaṇa; the second book ( ayoDyAkAMqa ) dealing mostly with events that took place in that city during the youthful days of Rāma.]