निरुध् [ nirudh ] [ ni-√ rudh ] P. Ā. [ -ruṇaddhi ] , [ -runddhe ] , to hold back , stop , hinder , shut up , confine , restrain , check , suppress , destroy Lit. RV. ; to keep away , ward off , remove Lit. RV. Lit. Br. ; to surround or invest (a place) Lit. Rājat. Lit. BhP. ; to close (lit. " a door " or fig. " heart , mind " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to catch or overtake Lit. Mṛicch. i , 20 : Caus. [ -rodhayati ] , to shut or cause to be shut Lit. Rājat. ( 553,3 )