Niyamya: 8 definitions
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Niyamya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric TraditionsNiyamya (नियम्य) or Saṃniyamya refers to “exercising control”, according to the Mataṅgapārameśvara (with Rāmakaṇṭha’s commentary).—Accordingly, “[...] [Rāmakaṇṭha]:—Now if you ask what this vidyāvrata is which he must have observed, this is what the text teaches: The power of the vidyā that is mentioned here [in this compound vidyāvrata] is first to be recited for a year in a temple to Śiva, while exercising control of the senses (saṃniyamya-indriya-grāma), maintaining purity, eating daily [only the sacrificial gruel known as] caru, sleeping on the ground in the room reserved for pūjā and fire[-sacrifice] on a spread of kuśa-grass, with his mind engaged [in meditation], focussed. [Rāmakaṇṭha]:—It [viz. the power of the vidyā] is the vyomavyāpin.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchNiyamya (नियम्य) refers to “having restrained” (the fickle and unsteady mind), according to the 310Bhagavadgītā verse 6.25cd-26.—Accordingly: “Having fixed the mind on the self, [the Yogin] should think of nothing whatsoever. Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind moves, there, having restrained (niyamya) it, he should direct it [back] to the self”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryniyamya (नियम्य).—a (Purposed, necessary &c.) to be restrained, controlled, regulated: also to be fixed, settled, appointed.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiyamya (नियम्य).—ind. Having restrained. mfn.
(-myaḥ-myā-myaṃ) To be checked or restrained. E. ni before, yam to govern, lyap or yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiyamya (नियम्य).—[adjective] to be restrained, subdued, limited, or defined.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niyamya (नियम्य):—[=ni-yamya] [from ni-yam] a ind. having restrained or checked or bound etc., [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc. 2.]
2) [v.s. ...] b mfn. to be restrained etc., [ib.]
3) [v.s. ...] to be (or being) limited or restricted or defined, [Śaṃkarācārya]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
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Ends with: Aniyamya, Samniyamya, Viniyamya.
Full-text: Viniyamya, Akarta, Heti, Vartana, Abhishasta, Yas.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.14.59 < [Chapter 14 - The Liberation of Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta]
Verse 6.7.12 < [Chapter 7 - The Marriage of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verses 18.51-53 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 3.41 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Action)]
Verse 6.26 < [Chapter 6 - Dhyāna-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Meditation)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.50 < [Section IX - Personal Cleanliness]
Verse 2.185 < [Section XXX - Rules to be observed by the Religious Student]
Verse 2.192 < [Section XXX - Rules to be observed by the Religious Student]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)