Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

saṃyama संयम – saṃyama; binding together; concentration

substantive masculine

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

saṃyama; binding together; concentration

Derived from

  1. sam सम् previx — together; completely
  2. yam यम् verbal root — restrain; offer; give; bestow
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

saṃyama ·m. restraint, check, control, esp. selfcontrol; suppression, destruction, tying up or together, fettering; closing (of the eyes).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Saṃ-yama, as, m. restraint, check, control, for- bearance, abstinence; N. of the last three stages of the Yoga system; a religious vow; any religious act on the day preceding a vow or course of penance; avoiding infliction of pain on others, humanity, com- passionateness.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃyamá (wie eben) m. = saṃyāma P. 3,3,63. P. 6,2,144. AK. 3,3,18. 1〉 das Zusammenbinden, Aufbinden: kuntalasaṃvyānasaṃyamavyapadeśataḥ SĀH. D. 59,10. kabarīmokṣasaṃyamau 19. — 2〉 Fesselung VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,5. — 3〉 das Schliessen: netra˚ der Augen MĀRK. P. 77,4. — 4〉 das in — Zucht-Halten, Bändigung, Zügelung: visarge kaubere vāruṇe caiva saṃyame MBH. 2,2578. indriyāṇām Spr. (II) 1113. M. 12,83. Spr. (II) 960 (a˚). indriya˚ ŚAT. BR. 11,5,7,1. R. 3,77,10. HALĀY. 2,242. ṣaḍvarga˚ BHĀG. P. 7,15,28. ātma˚ BHAG. 4,27. manaḥ˚ Spr. (II) 3169. vāk˚ Spr. (II) 1487. Spr. (II) 6017. KATHĀS. 1. KATHĀS. 53. nirviṇṇaḥ śokasaṃyame BHĀG. P. 11,26,4. saṃyamāt so v. a. mit genauer Noth Spr. (II) 3715; vgl. jedoch Spr. (II) 6559. — 5〉 Bändigung der Sinne, Selbstbeherrschung BHAG. 4,26. YĀJÑ. 3,14 (Anhalten des Athems STENZLER). MBH. 11,185. MBH. 12,9602. MBH. 13,1369 (pl.). R. 2,1,17. ugra˚ R. 5,42,17. KUMĀRAS. 2,59. Spr. (II) 1060. Spr. (II) 1195. Spr. (II) 2943. paradhanaharaṇe Spr. (II) 4310. Spr. (II) 6559. ŚĀK. 92. ŚĀK. 171. ŚĀK. 177. nisargacapalānāṃ hi mādṛśāṃ saṃyamaḥ (hier so v. a. vāksaṃyamaḥ) kutaḥ KATHĀS. 121,151. RĀJA-TAR. 4,33. MĀRK. P. 51,54. BHĀG. P. 4,21,41. BHĀG. P. 4,22,6. — 6〉 im Yoga Concentration des Geistes: dhāraṇādhyānasamādhitrayamantaraṅgaṃ saṃyamapadavācyam SARVADARŚANAS. 154,9. SARVADARŚANAS. 154,10. SARVADARŚANAS. 177,3. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 229,a, No. 561, Z. 20. — 7〉 Unterdrückung so v. a. Vernichtung (der Welt) neben utpatti (janman, udaya, sarga) und sthiti MĀRK. P. 45,28. MĀRK. P. 46,7. BHĀG. P. 3,5,16. BHĀG. P. 3,5,42. BHĀG. P. 4,11,16. BHĀG. P. 5,17,21. BHĀG. P. 5,18,38. BHĀG. P. 7,8,40. BHĀG. P. 8,5,22. BHĀG. P. 8,6,8. BHĀG. P. 10,16,49. BHĀG. P. 11,6,15. saṃyamāmbhas das Wasser am Ende der Welt BHĀG. P. 6,9,23. sargasthityantaniyamāḥ (quiescence) NĪLAK. 41. — 8〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhūmrākṣa und Vaters des Kṛśāśva BHĀG. P. 9,2,34. — Vgl. prāṇa˚ (YĀJÑ. 1,22).

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃyama m. — 1〉 das in Zucht-Halten, Bändigung, Zügelung. — 2〉 Bändigung der Sinne, Selbstbeherrschung. Vgl. indriyasaṃyamá. — 3〉 das Zusammenbinden, Aufbinden. — 4〉 Fesselung. — 5〉 das Schliessen (der Augen). — 6〉 im Yoga Concentration des Geistes YOGAS. 3,25. — 7〉 Anstrengung. saṃyamāt so v. a. mit genauer Noth. — 8〉 Unterdrückung, so v. a. Vernichtung. — 9〉 N. pr. eines Sohnes des Dhūmrākṣa.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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saṃyamaḥ 1 Restraint, check, control; śrotrādīnīṃdriyāṇyanye saṃyamāgniṣu juhvati Bg. 4. 26, Bg. 4. 27; so saṃyamadhanaḥ &c. 2 Concentration of mind, a term applied to the last three stages of Yoga; dhāraṇādhyānasamādhitrayamaṃtaraṃgaṃ saṃyamapadavācyaṃ Sarva. S., Ku. 2. 59. 3 A religious vow. 4 Religious devotion, practice of penance; Ś. 4. 16. 5 Humanity, feeling of compassion. 6 Any religious act on the day preceding a vow or course of penance.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

saṃyama m. das Zusammenhalten o. -binden, Zügelung, Bändigung, Selbstbeherrschung.

Occurrences in source texts (14)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.39*2–41: Merucālaka: Ameru and Meru 1 occurrence

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PYS 12 occurrences
PYS 3.1–4: Saṃyama 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.15–16: Sequence of Transformation 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.17–20: Extraordinary Knowledge 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.21–22: Invisibility and Time of Death 2 occurrences

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PYS 3.26–28: Knowledge of the Cosmos 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.35–37: Knowledge of Puruṣa and Siddhis 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.41–42: Divine Hearing and Travel through Space 2 occurrences

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PYS 3.44–46: Mastery over the Elements 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.47–48: Mastery over the Senses 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.52–55: Viveka and Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.43–3.45: Prāṇa and Returning Within 1 occurrence

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  • SS 3.44 Segment 4

    Attested form: saṃyamāt Grammar of the segment: ablative singular

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