cl. 4. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 64]) yúdhyate (rarely P. °ti; cl. 1. P. yodhati, [AV.]; [Br.]; Impv. yótsi, [RV.]; pf. yuyódha, yuyudhé, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. Ved. yodhi, yodhat, yodhāná; ayodhīt, yodhiṣat; yutsmahi; ep. yotsīs; Class. ayuddha; fut. yoddhā, [MBh.]; yotsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. yudhé or yudháye, [RV.]; yudham, [Br.]; yoddhum, [MBh.]; ind.p. -yuddhvī, [RV.]; -yudhya, [MBh.]), to fight, wage war, oppose or (rarely) overcome in battle; to fight with (instr., also with saha, samam) or for (loc.) or against (acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (yúdhyati), to go, [Naigh. ii, 14]; to move, fluctuate (as waves), [MaitrS.] (cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 85]) : Pass. yudhyate, to be fought (also impers.), [Hit.] (v.l.) : Caus. yodháyati ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 86]; mc. also °te; aor. ayūyudhat, [MBh.]; Pass. yodhyate, [ib.]), to cause to fight, lead to war, engage in battle, [RV.] &c. &c.; to oppose or overcome in war, be a match for (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to defend, [MBh. iii, 639] : Desid. yúyutsati, °te (P. in Class. only mc.), to be desirous or anxious to fight, wish to fight with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. of Desid. yuyutsayati, to make desirous of fighting, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Intens. yoyudhyate, yoyoddhi (cf. yavīyúdh) Gr.
[cf. Zd. yud; Gk. ὑσ-μίνη.]
m. a fighter, warrior, hero, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
yúdh f. war, fight, combat, struggle, contest, [RV.]; &c.