As a deity name
Name 865 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अनियम · noun · masculine
नियम का अभाव । नियम का न होना । व्यतिक्रम · अव्यवस्था । बेकायदगी · अनिय— मितता । अनिश्चितता । अस्पष्टता (कों॰) — Śabdasāgara
अनियम · adj
नियमरहित । व्यवस्थारहित । अव्यवस्थित — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अनियम" is अ- + नियम: नियम means "rule, law, principle, observance", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अनियम" is अ- + नियम: नियम means "rule, law, principle, observance", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
absence of control or rule or fixed order or obligation, unsettledness
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Dictionary citations
a-niyama m. absence of control or rule or fixed order or obligation, unsettledness
indecorous or improper conduct
uncertainty, doubt
a-niyama mfn. having no rule, irregular.
aniyama m. (-maḥ) 1 Uncertainty, doubt. 2 Absence of moral or religious obligation. 3 Indecorous or improper conduct. mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Undetermined, undefined, unprovided for, by any rule or law. E. a neg. niyama fixed observance.
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