niyanti , nom. °tiḥ, addiction to, absorption in , so read with v.l. Mvy 5383 for (kāma-)niyantrī, text; Mironov niyanti (so!); = niyati , q.v. ; the Jap. definition (for kāma-niyantrī) means one who pursues pleasure ; Bhīk 24a.3 kāmaniyantiḥ, without v.l. , confirming the form and mg. ; occurs in a list of synonyms, kāma-snehaḥ, -premaḥ, kāmālayaḥ, kāmaniyantiḥ, kāmādhyavasānam. The Tib. on Mvy 5383 is confused and contains, after ḥdod pa la , for lusts (kāma-), either ḥtsuṅs pa or ḥchums pa ; the latter is prob. correct and means wishing, longing for (see Jä. and Das , the latter s.v. ḥchum pa ).
(fem, fem, abstr, from niyamati) fixation; addiction; obsession [lit.] controlling down Construction: ni + √yam + ti