Yuddha
Yuddha,(nt.) [orig.pp.of yujjhati; cp.Vedic yuddha (pp.) and yudh (f.) the fight] war,battle,fight D.I,6 (daṇḍa° fighting with sticks or weapons); J.III,541 (id.); Sn.442 (Dat.yuddhāya); J.VI,222; Miln.245 (kilesa°,as pp.:one who fights sin); Mhvs 10,45 (°atthaṁ for the sake of fighting); 10,69 (yuddhāya in order to fight); 25,52 (yuddhāy’āgata); 32,12 (yuddhaṁ yujjhati); 32,13 (maccu° fight with death); 33,42; DhA.II,154 (malla° fist-fight).-- The form yudhāya at Sn.831 is to be taken as (archaic) Dat.of Vedic yudh (f.),used in sense of an inf.& equal to yuddhāya.Nd1 172 expls as “yuddh’atthāya.”
--kāla time for the battle Mhvs 10,63.--ṭṭha engaged in war S.I,100 (so read for °ttha).--maṇḍala fightingring,arena J.IV,81; Vism.190; VbhA.356 (in comparison).(Page 557)