Indriyanigraha, Indriya-nigraha, Imdriyanigraha: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIndriyanigraha (इन्द्रियनिग्रह).—restraint of senses.
Derivable forms: indriyanigrahaḥ (इन्द्रियनिग्रहः).
Indriyanigraha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms indriya and nigraha (निग्रह).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndriyanigraha (इन्द्रियनिग्रह).—m.
(-haḥ) Restraining the organs of sense. E. indriya and nigraha restraint.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndriyanigraha (इन्द्रियनिग्रह).—[masculine] restraint of the organs of sense.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndriyanigraha (इन्द्रियनिग्रह):—[=indriya-nigraha] [from indriya > indra] m. restraint of the organs of sense.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryIndriyanigraha (इन्द्रियनिग्रह):—[indriya-nigraha] (haḥ) 1. m. Restraining or subduing the senses.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusIṃdriyanigraha (ಇಂದ್ರಿಯನಿಗ್ರಹ):—[noun] subjugation of sensual desires.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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