niyam 1 P. 1 To restrain, curb, check, control, govern; prakftyA niyatAH svayA Bg. 7. 20 ; (sutAM) SaSAka menA na niyaMtumudyamAt Ku. 5. 5 ‘could not dissuade her’ &c. 2 To suppress, suspend, hold in (as breath, &c.); Ms. 2. 192 ; na kaTaMcana duryoniH prakftiM svAM niyacCati Ms. 10. 59 ‘does not suppress or conceal’, &c. 3 To offer, give; ko naH kule nivapanAni niyacCatIti Ś. 6. 24. 4 To punish, chastise niyaMtavyaSca rAjaBiH Ms. 9. 213. 5 To regulate or direct in general; loko niyamyata ivAtmadaSAMtarezu Ś. 4. 2. 6 To attain, obtain; tAlajYaScAprayAsena mokzamArgaM niyacCati Y. 3. 115 ; Ms. 2. 93. 7 To put on, assume. 8 To place upon. — Caus. ( niyamayati ) 1 To restrain, control, regulate, check, punish; niyamayasi vimArgaprasTitAnAttadaMqaH Ś. 5. 8. 2 To bind, fasten; Śi. 7. 56 ; R. 5. 73. 3 To moderate, lessen, mitigate, relieve: CAyAdrumErniyamitArkamayUKatApaH Ś. 4. 10 ; Ku. 1. 60.