यम्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

यम्    cl. 1. P. ( [Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) य॑च्छति ( Ved. also °ते, and Ved. ep. य॑मति, °ते; pf. ययाम, येमे; 2. sg. ययन्थ, 3. pl. येमु॑, येमिरे॑, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -यमतुः, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. अ॑यान्, अ॑यमुह्; Impv. यंसि, यन्धि॑; Pot. यम्यास्, यमीमहि, [RV.]; अ॑यांसम्, अयांसि, अ॑यंस्त Subj. यंसत्, °सतस्, °सते, ib.; [Br.]; 3. sg. -य॑मिष्ट, [RV. v, 32, 7]; अयंसिषम् Gr.; fut. यन्ता, ib.; यंस्यति, यमिष्यति, [Br.] &c. inf. य॑न्तुम्, यमितुम्, ib.; य॑न्तवे, य॑मितवै॑, [RV.]; ind.p. यत्वा, यमित्वा, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; य॑त्य, [AV.]; [Br.]; -यम्य, [GṛŚrS.]; -य॑मम्, [RV.]; [Br.]),

to sustain, hold, hold up, support ( Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.];

to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with आयुधैः, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.];

to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over ( dat.), [RV.];

( Ā.) to extend one's self before ( dat.), [AitBr.];

to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.];

to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.];

to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, ib. &c. &c.;

to offer;

confer, grant, bestow on ( dat. or loc.), present with ( instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.;

(with मार्गम्), to make way for ( gen.), [MBh.];

(with प्रति and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. 2-3, 11];

( Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey ( dat.), [RV.];

to raise, utter (a sound &c.), ib.;

to fix, establish, ib.;

( Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.];

to catch fire, [TBr.] ( Sch.) :

Pass. यम्य॑ते ( aor. अ॑या-मी), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.:

Caus. यामयति ( [AV.]), यमयति ( [Br.] &c.; °ते, [MBh.]; aor. अयीयमत्),

to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order:

Desid. यियंसति, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] :

Intens. यंयमीति (See उद्-√ यम्) or यंयम्यते ( [Pāṇ. 7-4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) ([ cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment.’])

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

यम् [yam]   1 P. (यच्छति, ययाम, अयंसीत्, यंस्यति, यन्तुम्, यत; desid. यियंसति)
To check, curb, restrain, control, subdue, stop, suppress; यच्छेद् वाङ्मनसी प्रज्ञः Kaṭh; यत- चित्तात्मन् [Bg.4.21;] see यत.
To offer, give, bestow.
Ved. To support, sustain.
To raise, lift up.
To extend, stretch.
To go.
To exhibit, show.-Caus. (यमयति-ते) To restrain, check &c.

Shabda-Sagara

यम् (औ) यमौ   r. 1st cl ( यमति) To copulate.
यम्   r. 1st cl. (औ, उ) औयमु (यच्छ्वति) To stop, to cease, to refrain. With नि prefixed,
1. To remove, to dispel.
2. To observe as a vow or religious rite.
3. To regulate, to restrain.
With उत्,
1. To rise, to mount on.
2. To make effort or exertion.
3. To lift up, to raise. With वि and आङ्, To exercise.
With सम् and नि, To restrain. In some senses it takes the deponent form, as
with आङ् prefix, ( आयच्छते) To put forth, to use or employ any part of one's own body as the hand, &c. ( आयच्छति)
1. To size.
2. To go to, to proceed to, With सम्, (संयच्छते) To heap together any thing that is one's own. ( संयच्छति) To associate with.
With उप, (उपयच्छते)
1. To marry.
2. To agree or accede to.
3. To master by learning.
r. 10th cl. ( यमयति-ते यामयति)
1. To feed, to give food to.
2. To restrain.