saṃyam P. yacchati√ (rarely Ā. ), to hold together, hold in, hold fast, restrain, curb, suppress, control, govern, guide (horses, the senses, passions), RV. &c. &c.; to tie up, bind together (hair or a garment), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to put together, heap up ( Ā. ‘for one's self’), Pāṇ. i, 3, 75 , Sch. ; to shut up, close (a door), Bhag. ; to press close to or against, Suśr. ; to present with, give to ( Ā. with instr. of person, when the action is permitted P. with dat. , when the action is not permitted), Pāṇ. i, 3, 55 : Caus. yamayati ( cf. yamita), to cause to restrain &c.; to bind up (the hair), Veṇīs.
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saṃyamī
saṃyam P. yacchati√ (rarely Ā. ), to hold together, hold in, hold fast, restrain, curb, suppress, control, govern, guide (horses, the senses, passions), RV. &c. &c.; to tie up, bind together (hair or a garment), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to put together, heap up ( Ā. ‘for one's self’), Pāṇ. i, 3, …
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- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k
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In the wild
- saṃyamī Bhagavad Gita 2.69
- saṃyamanaṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,1.1
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. samyäm (vol. 2, scan p. 641; entry #4782). Root candidates: *amyäyuga-.
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