yama

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[apte] a. [yam-ghañ] 1 Twin, twin- born. --2 Coupled. --maḥ 1 Restrain- ing, controlling, curbing. --2 Con- trol, restraint. --3 Self-control. --4 Any great moral or religious duty or observance (opp. niyama); taptaṃ yamena niyamena tapo'munaiva N. 13. 16. (yama and niyama are thus distinguished:--śarīra- sādhanāpekṣaṃ nityaṃ yatkarma tadyamaḥ. niyamastu sa yatkarma nityamāgatuṃsādhanaṃ.. Ak.; see Malli. on Śi. 13. 23 and...

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√yama यम

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · apariveṣaṇe

to fast, to avoid eating

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Aitareyabrahmana Amarakosa Amarusataka Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhairavastava Bharatamanjari Bijanighantu Bodhicaryavatara Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Carakasamhita Caurapancasika Dasakumaracarita Garudapurana Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Grhastharatnakara Hamsaduta Haribhaktivilasa Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Kalikapurana Kamasutra Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausitakagrhyasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kiratarjuniya Krsiparasara Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mukundamala Naradasmrti Natyasastra Nyayasutra Pancarthabhasya Pancavimsabrahmana Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Ratnatika Rgvedakhilani Saddharmapundarikasutra Samkhyakarikabhasya Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Sukasaptati Suryasiddhanta Susrutasamhita Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaisesikasutra Vaisesikasutravrtti Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Varahapurana Vasisthadharmasutra Vimsatikakarika Visnupurana Visnusmrti Vrddhayamasmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutra Yogasutrabhasya atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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a. [yam-ghañ] 1 Twin, twin- born. --2 Coupled. --maḥ 1 Restrain- ing, controlling, curbing. --2 Con- trol, restraint. --3 Self-control. --4 Any great moral or religious duty or...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 576
Texts Appeared In: 73

DCS: an elephant | Monier-Williams: yA/ma n. N. of various Sāman s, ĀrṣBr.

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Rasādhyāyaṭīkā surface: yāma

tato yā upari sthālī tasyā bundhe bāhyapārśve gomayaṃ dattvādhastanasthabundhādh
Rasādhyāyaṭīkā surface: yāmān

tataḥ pṛthulamukhāyāṃ kuṇḍikāyāṃ vālukāṃ kṣiptvopari aṅgulacatuḥpañcapramāṇāṃ dh
Rasaratnākara surface: yāmaṃ

tulyaṃ ca nīlikādrāvaṃ sarvaṃ yāmaṃ vimardayet