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Lemma: niyama (m)
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(in Mīm. phil.) a rule or precept (laying down or specifying something otherwise optional) (MW)
(in rhet.) a common-place (MW)
Necessity or Law personified as a son of Dharma and Dhṛti (MW)
a particular process applied to minerals (esp. to quicksilver) (MW)
agreement (MW)
any act of voluntary penance or meritorious piety (esp. a lesser vow or minor observance dependent on external conditions and not so obligatory as yama) (MW)
any conventional expression or usual comparison (MW)
any fixed rule or law (MW)
checking (MW)
contract (MW)
controlling (MW)
definition (MW)
determination (MW)
holding back (MW)
keeping down (MW)
limitation (MW)
lowering (as the voice) (MW)
name of Viṣṇu (MW)
necessity (MW)
performing five positive duties (MW)
preventing (MW)
promise (MW)
reduction or restriction to (MW)
restraining (MW)
restraint of the mind (the 2nd of the 8 steps of meditation in Yoga) (MW)
vow (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Pashupata Shaivism 28
Tīrthas 25
Medicine 17
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 16
Liberation, mokṣa, release 14
varṇas, castes 13
Shivaism, Śiva 13
Buddhism 12
Bhakti 12
Yoga 11
āśrama 11
Kashmirian Shivaism 10
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 10
Buddha's life 9
Alchemy 9
penance, prāyaścitta 8
Yogācāra 8
Sacrifice, yajña 7
good behaviour 7
karman doctrine 7
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 7
botany, plants 6
Nyāya 6
Giving, dāna 6
svarga, heaven 6
Brahmin 6
eating, food, anna 6
Kāmaśāstra 6
King, rājanīti 6
vānaprastha 6
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 5
Grammar 5
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 5
Lexicography 5
saṃnyāsa 4
dīkṣā 4
sahasranāman 4
prāyaścitta 4
hathayoga 4
worship 4
narrative literature 4
śrāddha 4
Logic 4
vrata 4
Mahābhārata 4
Genealogies 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
Paraśurāma 3
Anti-social behaviour 3
truth, satya, ṛta 3
āpaddharma 3
rasāyana 3
Tāraka 3
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 3
Indra 3
Tripura 3
war 3
Asceticism, tapas 3
dharma 3
Sāṃkhya 3
gṛhastha, householder 3
dāna, giving 3
Law 3
(Im-)purity 3
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 3
creates fever 2
anadhyāya, interrupting the Veda study 2
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 2
marriage, wedding 2
Crime 2
cow 2
Women 2
Behaviour, strīdharma 2
Pārvatī 2
rebirth, transmigration 2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 2
fever, jvara, takman 2
Dharmaśāstra 2
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 2
Creation of the world 2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 2
punishment for crime 2
Zoology 2
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 2
daṇḍa, punishment 2
Professions 2
senses, indriya 2
female ascetics 1
daiva vs. puruṣakāra 1
Trita and his brothers 1
saṃsāra 1
Nahuṣa 1
Structure of the world 1
bad behaviour 1
prāṇa etc. 1
Technique of Yoga 1
Prajāpati's children 1
upanayana, initiation 1
general or default rules for the sacrifice 1
cremation 1
(handing over the) daṇḍa 1
arghya 1
samāvartana 1
utsarga, utsarjana, dismissal 1
cāturmāsya 1
linguistic speculation 1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 1
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga 1
Astrology 1
vyavahāra 1
Sunda and Upasunda 1
vighasa, eating the remainder of food 1
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 1
destruction of Dvārakā 1
poverty, renunciation 1
Cosmogony 1
Dāruvana 1
triguṇa 1
Pregnancy 1
pralaya, destruction of the world 1
Prostitution 1
Vaiśeṣika 1
Mahāyāna 1
Debt 1
avatāras 1
Trade 1
Nature poetry 1
Nandin 1
Moral literature 1
mantra 1
Shivaite Tantrism 1
Brideship and marriage 1
Meditation 1
Kṣatriya 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
pātaka 1
Architecture 1
Religion and Philosophy 1
grahas 1
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 1
Budha, Mercury 1
Witness 1
Criminal law 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
Politics 1
Military science 1
Psychology 1
snātaka 1
Concept Notes Count niyama an injunction the fulfillment of which is meritorius 16 niyamana one of the Saṃskāras of mercury 6 penance voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing 5 limitation an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) 5 rule prescribed guide for conduct or action 2 regulation the act of regulating; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" 2
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