संयम् [ saṃyam ] [ saṃ-√ yam ] P. [ -yacchati ] √ ( rarely Ā.) , to hold together , hold in , hold fast , restrain , curb , suppress , control , govern , guide (horses , the senses , passions) Lit. RV. ; to tie up , bind together (hair or a garment) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to put together , heap up (Ā. " for one's self " ) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 75 Sch. ; to shut up , close (a door) Lit. Bhag. ; to press close to or against Lit. Suśr. ; to present with , give to (Ā. with instr. of person , when the action is permitted P. with dat. , when the action is not permitted) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 35 : Caus. [ -yamayati ] ( cf. [ -yamita ] ) , to cause to restrain ; to bind up (the hair) Lit. Veṇis.