niyam | नियम् | niyam
ni-√ yam | नि-√ यम् | P. -yacCati | -यच्Cअति |, 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 (ṣarma | षर्म |), 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 √ sfj | स्फ़्ज् |), BhP.; to restrict (food &c.; cf. below); to fix upon, settle, determine, establish, Sarvad.; Kathās.; BhP., Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 3, 66; (in gram.) to lower, pronounce low i.e. with the Anudātta, RPrāt. : Caus. -yamayati | -यमयति |, to restrain, curb, check, suppress, restrict, MBh.; Kāv. &c.