niyama

American  

[nee-yuh-muh] / ˈni yə mə /

noun

Yoga.

1. one of five observances, composing one of the eight practices, or angas, which are cleanliness of mind and body, equanimity, temperance or tapas, self-appraisal, and attentiveness to God, who is conceived of as a completely free spirit.

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Etymology

Origin of niyama

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

The ethical precepts of yoga - captured in the principles of yama and niyama - share many essentials with the five pillars of Islam, she argues.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2013

No practice of Yoga is possible unless you possess the ordinary moral attributes summed up in yama and niyama; that goes without saying.

From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood

Thus it has been said— "Where a seen fruit is obtained, you must not suppose an unseen one; but if a vidhi has the restricting meaning of a niyama, it does not thereby become meaningless."

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava