नियम्

{ niyam }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि-√ यम्    P. -यच्छति, to stop (trans.), hold back, detain with ( loc.) ;

( Ā.) to stop (intrans.), stay, remain, [RV.];

to keep back, refuse;

( Ā.) to fail, be wanting, ib.;

to fasten, tie to ( loc.), bind up (hair &c.), ib. &c. &c.;

to hold over, extend ( शर्म), [AV.];

to hold downwards (the hand), [TS.];

to bring near, procure, bestow, grant, offer, present (rain, gifts &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.;

to hold in, keep down, restrain, control, govern, regulate (as breath, the voice, the organs of sense &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to suppress or conceal (one's nature), [Mn. x, 59];

to destroy, annihilate ( opp. to √ सृज्), [BhP.];

to restrict (food &c.; cf. below);

to fix upon, settle, determine, establish, [Sarvad.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.]; [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. 2-3, 66];

(in gram.) to lower, pronounce low i.e. with the अनुदात्त, [RPrāt.] :

Caus. -यमयति, to restrain, curb, check, suppress, restrict, [MBh.]; [Kāv. &c.]

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नि √ यम्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नियम् [niyam]   1 [P.]
   To restain, curb, check, control, govern; प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया [Bg.7.2;] (सुतां) शशाक मेना न नियन्तुमुद्यमात् [Ku.5.5;] 'could not dissuade her', &c.
   To suppress, suspend, hold in (as breath, &c.); [Ms. 2.192;] न कथंचन दुर्योनिः प्रकृतिं स्वां नियच्छति [Ms.1.59] 'does not suppress or conceal', &c.
   To offer, give; को नः कुले निवपनानि नियच्छतीति [Ś.6.25.]
   To punish, chastise; नियन्तव्यश्च राजभिः [Ms.9.213.]
   To regulate or direct in general; लोको नियम्यत इवात्मदशान्तरेषु [Ś.4.2.]
   To attain, obtain; तालज्ञश्चाप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति [Y.3.115;] [Ms.2.93.]
   To put on, assume.
   To place upon.-Caus. (नियमयति)
   To restrain, control, regulate, check, punish; नियमयसि विमार्गप्रस्थितानात्तदण्डः [Ś.5.8.]
   To bind, fasten; [Śi.7.56;] [R.5.73.]
   To moderate, lessen, mitigate, relieve; छायाद्रुमैर्नियमितार्कमयूखतापः [Ś.4.11;] [Ku.1.6.]

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : संरुध्, संनियम्, दमय, अवरुध्