viroDaH 1 Opposition, obstruction, impediment. 2 Blockade, siege, investment. 3 Restraint, check. 4 Inconsistency, incongruity, contradiction. 5 Antithesis, contrast. 6 Enmity, hostility; viroDo viSrAMtaH U. 6. 11 ; Pt. 1. 332 ; R. 10. 13. 7 A quarrel, disagreement. 8 A calamity, misfortune. 9 (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; puzpavatyapi pavitrA, kfzRopyasudarSanaH, Baratopi SatruGnaH being familiar instances); it is thus defined by Mammaṭa: - viroDa so'viroDe'pi virudDatvena yadvacaH K. P. 10 ; this figure is also called viroDABAsa . Comp. — uktiH f. , — vacanaM contradiction, opposition. — kArin a. fomenting quarrels. — kft a. opposing. ( — m. ) an enemy.