As a Hindi name
रोधन · noun · masculine
रोक । रुकावट । अवरोध · दमन · बुध ग्रह — Śabdasāgara
रोधन · rodhan · adj.
Obstructing, impeding, hindering — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 604
Cited formation "रोधन" is रोध + -न: रोध means "obstruction, hindrance", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "रोधन" is रोधना + -न: रोधना means "स॰ [सं॰ रोधन] रोकना । बाधा डालना", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(for 1. See above, col. 1) obstructing, impeding, being an obstacle or hindrance
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rodhana" is the vocative of "rodhanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. rodhana See 2. ava-, ud-, -pra-r˚.
2. rodhana mf(ī)n. (for 1. See above, col. 1) obstructing, impeding, being an obstacle or hindrance, W.
rodhana m. the planet Mercury, L.
rodhana (ro˚), n. shutting up, confinement, RV.; BhP.
stopping, restraining, checking, preventing, impeding, Kāv.; Pur.
rodhanā (ā), f. a dam, bank, wall (= rodhas), RV. ii, 13, 10
Alternative readings
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