High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Niyama (skt. नियम niyama, "restraint," "observance," "rule," "restriction," (in abl.) "certainly," "necessarily") generally denotes a duty or obligation adopted by a spiritual aspirant (or community of same), or prescribed by a guru or by scripture (notably, the niyamas of raja yoga). The semantic range above reflects the breadth of the term's application in practice, and in the Buddhist...