नियम
पुं.niyamनिरोध, साधना, सीमित करना, 'सत्यं वदेत्' इत्यादि विधि, कर्तव्य, व्रत, योग के पांच नियम, संहार अथवा संहरण
English: restraining, taming, limitation, fixed law, obligation vow, religious observances at the second stage of yoga
अन्य कोशों में
Monier-Williams · niyama
ni-yama m. restraining, checking, holding back, preventing, controlling &c ‖ keeping down, lowering (as the voice) ‖ limitation, restriction (ena ind. with restrictions i.e. under certain conditions ) ‖ reduction or restriction to (with loc. or prati), determination, definition ‖ any fixed rule or law, necessity, obligation (ena and āt ind. as a rule, necessarily, invariably, surely) &c ‖ agreement, contract, promise, vow ‖ 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, q.
ni-yama m. restraining, checking, holding back, preventing, controlling &c ‖ keeping down, lowering (as the voice) ‖ limitation, restriction (ena ind. with restrictions i.e. under certain conditions ) ‖ reduction or restriction to (with loc. or prati), determination, definition ‖ any fixed rule or law, necessity, obligation (ena and āt ind. as a rule, necessarily, invariably, surely) &c ‖ agreement, contract, promise, vow ‖ 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, q.