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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niyuj (नियुज्).—7 Ā.

1) To appoint, depute, order (with loc.) यन्मां विधेयविषये स भवान्नियुङ्क्ते (yanmāṃ vidheyaviṣaye sa bhavānniyuṅkte) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.9; असाधुदर्शी तत्रभवान् काश्यपः य इमामाश्रमधर्मे नियुङ्क्ते (asādhudarśī tatrabhavān kāśyapaḥ ya imāmāśramadharme niyuṅkte) Ś.1; Kumārasambhava 3.13; R.5.29.

2) To join, unite, fasten to.

3) To prescribe, ordain.

4) To yoke, harness (as horses).

5) To employ, engage.

6) To authorize.

7) To commit, consign, entrust.

8) To urge, incite, constrain.

9) To trouble, harass. -Caus.

1) To join, unite, provide, or endow with, give to; (smaraṃ) वपुषा स्वेन नियोजयिष्यति (vapuṣā svena niyojayiṣyati) Kumārasambhava 4.42.

2) To yoke, harness.

3) To incite, urge; तत् किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव (tat kiṃ karmaṇi ghore māṃ niyojayasi keśava) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.1; प्रश्नकर्मणि मां नियोजयति (praśnakarmaṇi māṃ niyojayati) K; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.81.

4) To appoint, employ; ईदृशेषु नियोगेषु नियोजिता (īdṛśeṣu niyogeṣu niyojitā) Mu.6.

5) To use, employ; स्थानेष्वेव नियोक्तव्या भृत्याश्चाभरणानि च (sthāneṣveva niyoktavyā bhṛtyāścābharaṇāni ca) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.72; Kumārasambhava 4.15.

6) To devote, apply.

7) To expose, put to; श्रमाय मां नियोजयसि (śramāya māṃ niyojayasi) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 2.

8) To accomplish, perform (a rite); पूर्वं दैवं नियोजयेत् (pūrvaṃ daivaṃ niyojayet) Manusmṛti 3.24.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niyuj (नियुज्).—[Middle] (A.) fasten or put to ([locative], dhuri = [Simple]); join, put together; bind or attach to, fix or turn upon ([locative] or [dative]); put (a task) upon, commission, elect (2 [accusative]), appoint to, charge with ([accusative] of [person or personal] & [locative] or [dative] of th.; or [locative] of [person or personal] & [accusative] of th.); use, employ. [Causative] harness, put to ([locative]); tie on, fasten, set (jewels); direct, impel, exhort or constrain to ([dative], [accusative] [with] prati, [locative], or artham), appoint to ([locative]), choose for, elect (2 [accusative]); commit or entrust to ([locative]); set, lay, fix; place in or upon, take into or to ([locative]); employ, set to work; furnish with, cause to partake of ([instrumental]).

Niyuj is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and yuj (युज्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niyuj (नियुज्):—[=ni-√yuj] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -yunakti, -yuṅkte, to bind on, tie or fasten to ([locative case]), [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.;

— (with dhuri) to tie to the pole of a carriage id est. yoke, harness, [Rāmāyaṇa];

— (met.) to place in front id est. employ in the hardest work, [ib.] (also guru-dhūrṣu, [Mahābhārata]);

—to join, put together ([especially] the hands in a certain position; cf. kapota) [Scholiast or Commentator] on [Śakuntalā];

—to attach to id est. make dependent on ([dative case] or [locative case]), [Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to enjoin, order, command, coerce, impel, appoint, instal (double [accusative]), trust or charge with, direct or commission or authorize to ([locative case] [dative case], artham ifc., or infin.), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to confer or intrust anything ([accusative]) upon or to ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to place at, put in the way (with [locative case]), [Mahābhārata];

—to direct towards, fix (mind or eyes upon, with [locative case]), [ib.];

—to use, employ, [Gṛhya-sūtra] :

—[Causal] -yojayati, to harness (horses etc.), put or tie to ([locative case]), [Pañcatantra; Hitopadeśa];

—to set or lay (a trap or snare etc.), [Hitopadeśa];

—to enjoin, urge, impel, coerce, appoint or instal as (double [accusative]), appoint to ([locative case]), direct or compel or request or command to ([dative case] [locative case] [accusative] with prati, or artham ifc.);

— commit or intrust anything ([accusative]) to ([locative case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to put in any place or state ([locative case]), [ib.];

—to confer or bestow upon ([locative case]), [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra; Purāṇa];

—to use, employ (reason etc.), [Pañcatantra i, 413] ;

—to accomplish, perform (a rite), [Manu-smṛti iii, 204];

—to endow or furnish with, cause to partake of ([instrumental case]), [Varāha-mihira; Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Niyuj (नियुज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇiuṃja, Ṇimi.

context information

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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Partial matches: Yuj, Ni.

Starts with: Niyujjati, Niyujya.

Ends with: Anuniyuj, Samniyuj, Upaniyuj, Viniyuj.

Full-text (+20): Niumja, Niyojaniya, Niyoktri, Samniyuj, Niyojana, Niyoktavya, Niyoga, Niyunjati, Niyojeti, Niyojaka, Upaniyuj, Niyojyanvayanirupana, Niyogat, Niyojani, Anuniyuj, Samniyojana, Niyuktam, Niyogasamsthita, Niyujya, Niyogin.

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