आयम्

{ āyam }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आ-√ यम्    P. -यच्छति and ( Ved.) -यमति, to stretch, lengthen out, extend, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Suśr.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to stretch (a bow);

to put on (an arrow &c.);

to draw near, bring hither;

to fetch, procure, [RV.];

to keep, stop, hold in, draw back, restrain, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.] &c.;

to produce, [Bhaṭṭ.] :

Ā. -यच्छते ( cf. [Pāṇ. 1-3, 28 and 75]) to stretch one's self or be stretched or strained;

to grow long, [L.];

to grasp, possess, [L.] :

Caus. -यामयति, to bring near, draw near;

to carry, fetch, [RV.];

to lengthen, extend, [Suśr.];

to produce or make visible;

to show, [MBh.]

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आ √ यम्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आयम् [āyam]   1 [U.]
   To extend, lengthen out, stretch out; वस्त्रं-पाणिं-आयच्छते Sk.; स्वाङ्गमायच्छमानः [Ś.4.] v. l.; आय- च्छति कूपाद्रज्जुम् Sk. draws up; बाणमुद्यतमायसीत् [Bk.6.119] stretched out.
   To restrain, draw in (as breath &c.); त्रिरायम्य शनैरसून् [Ms.3.217,11.1;] प्राणानायम्य [Y.1.24.]
   To stretch oneself, to grow long (Ātm.); [P.I.3.28.]
   To grasp, possess; श्रियमायच्छमानाभिः [Bk.8.46.]
   To bring or lead towards. -Caus.
   To lengthen, stretch, spread or draw out.
   To remove, transplant.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : तन्, अभिष्ठा