āyāma आयाम – extension; lengthening; restraint; control; breath control

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

extension; lengthening; restraint; control; breath control

substantive neuter

extension; regulation; restraint

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Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

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āyāma ·m. stretching out, extension, length (poss. °mavant or °min); stopping, restraint (poss. °min).

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Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

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Ā-yāma, as, m. stretching, extending; restraining, restraint, stopping; expansion, length (either in space or time), breadth (in mensuration).

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Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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āyāma (von yam mit ā) m. 1〉 Spannung Dehnung ṚV. PRĀT. 3,1 (s. u. ākṣepa 5). VS. PRĀT. 1,31. TAITT. PRĀT. 2,10. SUŚR. 1,254,12. SUŚR. 1,254,13. — 2〉 das Anhalten, Hemmen: prāṇāyāma H. 83. M. 2,75. M. 2,83. M. 6,69. M. 6,70. M. 6,72. M. 11,141. M. 11,199. M. 11,201. M. 11,248. MBH. 3,165. MBH. 14,1337. BHAG. 4,29. SUŚR. 1,98,11. PRAB. 8,14. PRAB. 97,15. — 3〉 Ausdehnung, Länge P. 5,1,19, Kār. AK. 2,6,3,16. H. 1431. P. 2,1,16. P. 5,4,83. SUŚR. 1,125,18. saviṃśamaṅgulaśataṃ puruṣāyāma iti SUŚR. 1,126,11. yāvānūrdhvabāhukaḥ puruṣastāvadāyāmam ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,6,17. yojanāyāmavistāram R. 1,40,18. śatayojanamāyāmastīrṇā R. 6,1,44. anekayojanāyāmā R. 5,9,50. MEGH. 58. von der Zeit: śītavṛddhatarāyāmāstriyāmāstriyāmā yānti sāṃpratam R. 3,22,12.

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āyāma RĀJA-TAR. 5,165 fehlerhaft für āyāsa, wie die ed. Calc. liest. — Vgl. abhyantarāyāma, prāṇāyāma, bāhyāyāma.

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āyāma 1〉 = gātrāṇāṃ nigrahaḥ ebend. 1,192,b.

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Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

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āyāma m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Spannung, Dehnung. — 2〉 Hemmung. — 3〉 Länge (räumlich und zeitlich). — 4〉 eine Senkrechte ĀRYABH. 2,8. — Bisweilen verwechselt mit āyāsa.

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Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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āyāmaḥ [ā-yam ghañ] 1 Length; tiryagāyāmāśobhī Me. 57. 2 Expansion, extension; Ki. 7. 6. 3 Stretching, extending. 4 Restraint, control, stopping; prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ Bg. 4. 29; prāṇāyāmaḥ paraṃ tapaḥ Ms. 2. 83.