maryādā

[apte] [maryāyāṃ sīmāyāṃ dīyate dā-ghañarthe ka] 1 A limit, boundary (fig. also); bound, border, frontier, verge; maryā- dāvyatikramaḥ Pt. 1. --2 End, termina- tion, terminus. --3 A shore, bank. --4 A mark, land-mark. --5 The bounds of morality, any fixed usage or established rule, moral law. --6 A rule of propriety or de- corum, bounds or limits of propriety, propriety of conduct; āstātāpavāda- bhinnamaryāda U. 5; Pt. 1....