yam cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 15 ) ya/cCati ( Ved. also °te , and Ved. ep. ya/mati , °te ; pf. yayAma , yeme ; 2. sg. yayanTa , 3. pl. yemu/H , yemire/ , RV. &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuH , RV. v, 67, 1 ; aor. a/yAn , a/yamuh ; Impv. yaMsi , yanDi/ ; Pot. yamyAs , yamImahi , RV. ; a/yAMsam , ayAMsi , a/yaMsta Subj. yaMsat , °satas , °sate , ib. ; Br. ; 3. sg. -ya/mizwa , RV. v, 32, 7 ; ayaMsizam Gr. ; fut. yantA , ib. ; yaMsyati , yamizyati , Br. &c. inf. ya/ntum , yamitum , ib. ; ya/ntave , ya/mitavE/ , RV. ; ind.p. yatvA , yamitvA , MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; ya/tya , AV. ; Br. ; -yamya , GṛŚrS. ; -ya/mam , 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 AyuDEH , ‘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 mArgam ), to make way for ( gen. ), MBh. ; (with prati and abl. ), to give anything in exchange for anything, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 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. yamya/te ( aor. a/yAmi ), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, RV. &c. &c.: Caus. yAmayati ( AV. ), yamayati ( Br. &c.; °te , MBh. ; aor. ayIyamat ), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaMsati , to wish to restrain &c., Br. : Intens. yaMyamIti (see ud-√ yam ) or yaMyamyate ( Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85 , Vārtt. 2, Pat. ) [ cf. Gk. ζημία , ‘restraint, punishment’.]
yam 1 P. ( yacCati, yayAma , ayaMsIt, yaMsyati, yaMtuM, yata ; desid. yiyaMsati ) 1 To check, curb, restrain, control, subdue, stop, suppress; yacCedbANmanasI prajYaH Kaṭh; yatacittAtman Bg. 4. 21 ; see yata . 2 To offer, give, bestow. 3 Ved. To support, sustain. ( pb ) 4 To raise, lift up. 5 To extend, stretch. 6 To go. 7 To exhibit, show. — Caus. ( yamayati-te ) To restrain, check &c.