m. any act of voluntary penance or meritorious piety (especially a lesser vow or minor observance dependent on external conditions and not so obligatory as yama-q.v) etc.
m. restraint, limitation; re striction to (lc. or prati with ac.); fixed rule, certainty, absolute necessity (in a particular case); contract, promise; vow; self-imposed (religious) observance, minor (occasional) duty: ab. necessarily, certainly; in. id.; with certain limitations; -yamana, n. restraining, subduing; restriction; -yama-vat, a. prac tising religious observances; -yamya, fp. to be restrained, -subdued; -limited; -re stricted; -y&asharp;na, n. going in, entry; -yâma ka, a. (ikâ) restraining, checking; restricting.
noun (masculine) (in Mīm. phil.) a rule or precept (laying down or specifying something otherwise optional) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in rhet.) a common-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular process applied to minerals (esp. to quicksilver) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agreement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any act of voluntary penance or meritorious piety (esp. a lesser vow or minor observance dependent on external conditions and not so obligatory as yama) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any conventional expression or usual comparison (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any fixed rule or law (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
checking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contract (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
controlling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
definition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
determination (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
holding back (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
keeping down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
limitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lowering (as the voice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Necessity or Law personified as a son of Dharma and Dhṛti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
necessity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
performing five positive duties (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
preventing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
promise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reduction or restriction to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restraining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
restraint of the mind (the 2nd of the 8 steps of meditation in Yoga) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
niyāmana Frequency rank 987/72933
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