yam

Dictionary meanings for yam from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1 P. (yacchati, yayāma, ayaṃ- sīt, yaṃsyati, yaṃtuṃ, yata; desid. yiyaṃ- sati) 1 To check, curb, restrain, control, subdue, stop, suppress; ya- cchedbāṅmanasī prajñaḥ Kaṭh; yatacittātman Bg. 4. 21; see yata.

2 To offer, give, bestow.

3 Ved. To support, sustain. [Page0889-a+ 56]

4 To raise, lift up.

5 To extend, stretch.

6 To go.

7 To exhibit, show. Caus. (yamayati-te) To re- strain, check &c.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xxiii, 15) y/acchati (Ved. also te, and Ved. ep. y/amati, te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yem/uḥ, yemir/e RV. &c; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ RV. v, 67, 1; aor. /ayān, /ayamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandh/i; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi RV.;... mfn. restrained, held in, held forth, kept down or limited, subdued, governed, controlled &c RV. &c (cf. comp. below) 845,2 170259 n. restraint (?), see...

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