नि-°यति f. f. the fixed order of things, necessity, destiny, fate,
[ŚāṅkhBr.] ;
[ŚvetUp.] ;
[MBh.] &c. (sometimes personified as a goddess,
नियति and
आयति being regarded as daughters of
मेरु and wives of
धातृ and
विधातृ,
[BhP.] ;
[VP.] )
restraint, restriction
religious duty or obligation
self-command, self-restraint,
[L.]