संयम्

{ saṃyam }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सं-√ यम्    P. -यच्छति√ (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. 1-3, 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. 1-3, 35] :

Caus. -यमयति ( cf. -यमित), to cause to restrain &c.;

to bind up (the hair), [Veṇīs.]

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सं √ यम्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

संयम् [saṃyam]   1 [P.]
   To restrain, curb, check, control, govern, subdue (Ātm.) as passions &c.); असंयतात्मनो योगो दुष्प्राप इति मे मतिः [Bg.6.36;] [Ms.2.1.]
   To bind, imprison, fasten, confine; वानरं मा न संयसीः [Bk.9.5;] [M.1.7;] [R.3.2,42.]
   To gather (Ātm.); व्रीहीन् संयच्छते [Sk.]
   To shut, close; सर्वद्वाराणि संयभ्य मनो हृदि निरुध्य च [Bg. 8.12.]
   To hold together, hold fast.
   To guide or drive (as horses).
   (a) To collect. (b) To bind or tie into a knot (as hair); संयम्यमानशिखण्डः [V.5.]
   To keep in order.
   To present with, give to.
   To press close to or against; [Suśr.]

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : संरुध्, दमय, अवरुध्