संयम (saṃyama) is a Sanskrit word meaning holding together, restraint, or self-control, tying up the hair, binding, fettering, closing of the eyes, concentration of mind, effort, exertion. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Restraint, Control, and Self-Discipline, Physical Constraining or Closing, Effort or Exertion.
1. Restraint, forbearance. 2. Humanity, avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
संयम (yama) (saṃyama) [Printed book page 873] संयम (yama) (saṃyama) m. (-मः (-maḥ))
1 Restraint, forbearance.
2 Humanity, avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
E. सम् (sam) before यम (yama) to restrain, aff. अप् (ap).
[ID=39634]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Restraint. 2. Kindness or humanity.
संयम (saṃyama) [Printed book page 793-b] सं-यम (saṃ-yama)(मः) ((maḥ)) 1. m. Restraint; humanity, kindness. [ID=39305]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Restraint or check. 2. The last three stages of yoga. 3. Humanity or compassion.
संयम (saṃyama) [Printed book page 739-09] संयम (saṃyama)m. 1. Restraint, check, वेदाभ्यासस्तपो ज्ञानमिंद्रियाणां च संयम (saṃyama)ः (vedābhyāsastapo jñānamiṃdriyāṇāṃ ca saṃyamaḥ)M. xii.83, Bg. iv.27; 2. name of the last three stages of yoga, K.S. ii.59; 3. humanity, compassionateness. [ID=38945]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Restraint, forbearance. 2. Humanity, avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
संयम (saṃyama) [Printed book page 743-a] संयम (saṃyama)
m. (-मः (-maḥ))
1. Restraint, forbearance.
2. Humanity, avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
E. सम् (sam) before यम् (yam) to restrain, aff. अप् (ap).
[ID=41576]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Restraint or forbearance. 2. Abstaining. 3. Compassion or avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
1. Restraint, check, control, forbearance, or abstinence.
2. The last three stages of the Yoga system.
3. A religious vow or a religious act performed on the day preceding a vow or penance.
4. Compassion or avoiding the infliction of pain on others.
संयम (saṃyama) [Printed book page 1035-a] Saṃ-yama, as, m. restraint, check, control, for- bearance, abstinence; N. of the last three stages of the Yoga system; a religious vow; any religious act on the day preceding a vow or course of penance; avoiding infliction of pain on others, humanity, com- passionateness. —Saṃyama-puṇya-tīrtha, as, ā,am, having restraint for a holy place of pilgrimage. [ID=47738]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
