नियम niyam

नियम ni-yam [S.], m. 1. restraint, restriction. 2. fixed rule, law; principle; regulation. 3. custom, normal practice. 4. self-imposed restraint or religious observance (as fasting, prayer, pilgrimage); vow; penance; piety. 5. moderation, temperateness. 6. gram. mood. — नियम-निर्धारक, adj. & m. legislative; legislator. नियम-पत्र, m. written agreement. नियमपूर्वक, adv. according to rule or custom; officially, formally. नियमबद्ध, adj. = नियमित. नियमानुकूल [˚ma + a˚], in accordance with rule, or with the law. नियमानुसार [˚ma + a˚], adv. id.; regularly, habitually. नियमावली [˚ma + ā˚], m. body of rules (as of a society).

S نيم नियम niyam , s.m. Restraining, checking; preventing; — restraint; restriction, limitation; — fixing; defining; definition; — fixed rule or law, principle; necessity, obligation; rule, regulation, precept; custom, usage, practice; — certainty, ascertainment; — agreement, arrangement, contract, compact, bond, engagement, assent, promise, vow; — any self-imposed restraint or religious observance voluntarily practised (as fasting, watching, pilgrimage, praying, &c.); voluntary penance; supererogatory devotion or piety; — a religious observance (in general); temperateness; piety: — niyam-pać (˚pać = S. pattra), s.m. A written agreement or stipulation: — niyam-rahit, adj. Unrestrained; unrestricted, &c.; (in Gram.) irregular.