Hindi (Roman Script)
indriyanigraha
Synonyms
Atmajaya, Atmasanyama, bhogatyAga, ichchhAnigraha, indriyadamana, indriyajaya, indriyanigraha, kAmavijaya, nigraha, niyantraNa, santosha, santyAga, sanyama, taubA, tyAga, yama, yoga, yatidharma.
Similar Concepts
indriyajitatA, kAmashamana, kaumArya, lakshmaNarekhA, sanyama, tapasyA.
Opposite Concepts
bhogavilAsa, bahugamana, kAmukatA, vAsanA.
English
continence n
Definition
the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.
Synonyms
abnegation, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, asceticism, austerity, avoidance, continence, control over carnalism, control over sensuality, control over sexuality, denial, desistance, discipline, inhibition, negation, puritanism, purity, refusal, relinquishment, repression, restraint, rigour, self-containment, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-regulation, self-restraint, sensual regulation, sobriety, stoicism, subjugation of senses, suppression of sexual urge, temperance.
Similar Concepts
celibacy, jitendriyata, Lakshman rekha, pacification of sexual urge, restraint, tapasya.
Opposite Concepts
indulgence, lechery, lust, promiscuity.
Hindi
इंद्रियनिग्रह सं
Synonyms
आत्मजय, आत्मसंयम, इंद्रियजय, इंद्रियदमन, इंद्रियनिग्रह, इच्छानिग्रह, कामविजय, तौबा, त्याग, निग्रह, नियंत्रण, भोगत्याग, यति धर्म, यम, योग, संतोष, संत्याग, संयम.
Similar Concepts
इंद्रियजितता, कामशमन, कौमार्य, तपस्या, लक्ष्मण रेखा, संयम.
Opposite Concepts
कामुकता, बहुगमन, भोग विलास, वासना.
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