1. ruD ( cf. √ 1. ruh , of which this seems to be only another form) cl. 1. P. ro/Dati , to sprout, shoot, grow (only ro/Dati , RV. viii, 43, 6 ; and viro/Dat , i, 67, 9 ; accord. to some also p. ruDat , i, 179, 4 , in nada/sya ruData/H kA/maH , ‘the desire of the growing reed’ i.e. of the membrum virile; others, ‘of the husband who keeps me away’, fr. √ 2. ruD ; cf. also nada ).
2. ruD cl. 7. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxix, 1 ) ruRa/dDi , rundDe/ (1. pl. -ruDmas , AV. ; runDati , °te , Br. &c.; roDati , MBh. pf. ruroDa , ruruDe , RV. &c. &c.; rurunDatuH , MBh. ; aor. arOt , AV. ; arOtsIt , Br. &c.; rotsIs , Up. ; arutsi , arudDa , Br. ; Up. ; arOtsi , AitBr. ; aroDam , RV. ; aruDma , MaitrS. ; p. ruDa/t cf. √ 1. ruD ; aruDat , RV. &c. &c.; Prec. ruDyAt , Kāv. ; fut. rodDA Gr. ; rotsyati , °te , Br. &c. inf. rodDum or roDitum , MBh. ; rodDos , Br. ; ind.p. rudDvA , MBh. &c.; -ru/Dya , RV. &c. &c.; -runDya , MBh. ; -ru/Dam , AV. ; Br. ; -ru/nDam , Br. ; -ro/Dam , ib. ), to obstruct, check, arrest, stop, restrain, prevent, keep back, withhold, RV. (always with na ), &c. &c.; to avert, keep off, repel, Bhaṭṭ. ( cf. ruDat under √ 1. ruD ); to shut, lock up, confine in ( loc. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c. ( accord. to Vop. also with double acc. ); to besiege, blockade, invest, Pat. ; MBh. &c.; to close, block up (a path), R. ; to cover, conceal, veil, obscure, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to stop up, fill, ib. ; to lay (dust), Ragh. ; to touch, move (the heart), Bālar. ; to torment, harass, R. ; to lose, be deprived of ( acc. ), TS. ; ŚBr. ; to tear, rend asunder (?), AV. xix, 29, 3 : Caus. roDayati ( ep. also °te and runDayati ; aor. arUruDat ; Pass. roDyate ), to stop, arrest, MBh. ; to cause to be confined by ( acc. ), Pañcar. ; to cause to be besieged by ( instr. ), Ragh. ; to close (with a cover or lid), Bhpr. ; to fetter, enchain, influence, BhP. ; to oppress, torment, harass, MBh. ; R. : Desid. rorutsate ( Br. ), °ti ( MBh. ), to wish to obstruct &c.: Intens. roruDyate , rorodDi , to obstruct intensely or repeatedly &c. Gr. (only roruDaH , R. ii, 58, 20. )
4. ruD prob. a root of this form once existed with a meaning ‘to be red’.
ruD I. 7 U. ( ruRadDi, ruMdDe, ruroDa, ruruDe , aruDat-arOtsIt-arudDa, rotsyati-te, rodDuM , rudDa ; desid. rurutsati-te ) 1 To obstruct, stop, arrest, check, oppose, hinder; impede, prevent idaM ruRadDi mAM padmamaMtaHkUjitazawpadaM V. 4. 21 ; rudDAloke narapatipaTe Me. 37 , 91 ; prARApAnagatI rudDvA Bg. 4. 29. 2 To hold up, preserve, sustain (from falling); ASAbaMDaH kusumasadfSaM prAyaSo hyaMganAnAM sadyaHpAti praRayi hfdayaM viprayoge ruRadDi Me. 10. 3 ( a ) To shut up, lock or block up, close up, shut or close; (with loc. , but sometimes with two acc. ); Bk. 6. 35 ; vrajaM ruRadDi gAM Sk. ( b ) To surround, fence or hem in. 4 To bind, confine; vyAlaM bAlamfRAlataMtuBirasO rodDuM samujjfBate Bh. 2. 6. 5 To besiege, invest, blockade; ruMDaMtu vAraRaGawA nagaraM madIyAH Mu. 4. 17 ; aruRadyavanaH sAketaM or mADyamikAn Mbh. ; Bk. 14. 29. 6 To hide, cover, obscure, conceal. 7 To oppress, torment, afflict excessively. — Caus. 1 To cause to stop, detain, impede, obstruct. 2 To fetter, confine, chain. 3 To oppress, torment, harass. II. 1 P. ( roDati ) To grow, germinate, cf. ruh .