niyam

Dictionary meanings for niyam from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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niyam

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 P. 1 To restrain, curb, check, control, govern; prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā Bg. 7. 20; (sutāṃ) śaśāka menā na niyaṃtumudyamāt Ku. 5. 5 ‘could not dissuade her’ &c.

2 To suppress, suspend, hold in (as breath, &c.); Ms. 2. 192; na kathaṃcana duryoniḥ prakṛtiṃ svāṃ niyacchati Ms. 10. 59 ‘does not suppress or conceal’, &c.

3 To offer, give; ko naḥ kule nivapanāni niyaccha- tīti Ś. 6. 24.

4 To punish, chas- tise...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

P. -yacchati, to stop (trans.), hold back, detain with (loc.) Page552,1; (A1.) to stop (intrans.), stay, remain RV.; to keep back, refuse; (A1.) to fail, be wanting ib.; to fasten, tie to (loc.), bind up (hair &c) ib. &c; to hold over, extend (śarma) AV.; to... mfn. (n/i-) held back or in, fastened, tied to (loc.) RV. 552,1 109121 mfn. put together (hands) R. 552,1 109121.02 mfn. restrained, checked, curbed,...

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