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niyamāgraha

Translation

attachment to rules and rituals

Other Translations

grasping at rules, rigid attachment to rules for their own sake, neglect of beneficial observances

Background

  • niyama – restraint, observance, rule, or discipline

  • āgraha – insistence, stubbornness, clinging, or grasping

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