सं-√ यम् P. -यच्छति√ (rarely
Ā. ), to hold together, hold in, hold fast, restrain, curb, suppress, control, govern, guide (horses, the senses, passions),
[RV.] &c. &c.;
to tie up, bind together (hair or a garment),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to put together, heap up (
Ā. ‘for one's self’),
[Pāṇ. 1-3, 75] Sch. ;
to shut up, close (a door),
[Bhag.] ;
to press close to or against,
[Suśr.] ;
to present with, give to (
Ā. with
instr. of person, when the action is permitted
P. with
dat. , when the action is not permitted),
[Pāṇ. 1-3, 35] :
Caus. -यमयति (
cf. -यमित), to cause to restrain &c.;
to bind up (the hair),
[Veṇīs.]