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Entry यम्

यम्yam1 P. (यच्छति, ययाम, अयंसीत्, यंस्यति, यन्तुम्, यत; desid. यियंसति)
1. 1 Parasmaipada (यच्छति, ययाम, अयंसीत्, यंस्यति, यन्तुम्, यत; Desiderative यियंसति)
2. To check, curb, restrain, control, subdue, stop, suppress; यच्छेद् वाङ्मनसी प्रज्ञः Kaṭh; यत- चित्तात्मन् Bg.4.21; see यत.
3. To offer, give, bestow.
4. Vedic To support, sustain.
5. To raise, lift up.
6. To extend, stretch.
7. To go.
8. To exhibit, show.-Causal (यमयति-ते) To restrain, check etc.
In the Gita1·20 2·15 2·70 6·2 6·22 8·6 8·21 2·61 3·6 6·14+8

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसम्पाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः ॥

pravṛtte śastrasaṁpāte dhanurudyamya pāṇḍavaḥ, — Then, beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra standing in battle order, and the flight of missiles having begun, the son of Pandu (Arjuna), whose emblem… 1·20
- उद्यम्यudyamyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root yam (to raise, hold, sustain) with the prefix ud.
- यम्yamaccusative singular of the masculine form of the relative pronoun yad (who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that).
- संयम्यsaṁyamyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root yam (to sustain, hold up, restrain, control) with the prefix sam.
- नियम्यniyamyaindeclinable past participle or the gerund form of the verbal root yam (to hold, restrain, control, offer) with the prefix ni (to control).
- विनियम्यviniyamyaindeclinable past participle or gerund form of the verbal root yam (to sustain, hold, support, govern, control) with the prefixes vi and ni.
- प्रयच्छतिprayacchatipresent 3rd person singular of the verbal root yam (to give, offer) with the prefix pra.
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