न्यस्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

न्य्-√ अस्    P. -अस्यति, or -असति, to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc. e.g. भुवि, on the earth), [AV.] &c. &c.;

to take off, [MBh.]; [R.];

to give up, resign (as life), [R.];

to set in the ground, plant ( प्ररोहान्, shoots), [Bālar.];

(with loc.) to throw or hurl upon, pour or shed on or in, put or place or fix or insert in, turn or direct to, deposit with, intrust or commit to;

to settle arrange, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (with चित्रे, ‘to place in a picture’, paint, depict; with शिरसि, ‘to place on the head’, receive with reverence; with मनसि, ‘to call to mind’, reflect, ponder; with पथि, ‘to lay on the road’, give up);

to bring forward, mention, [Mall.] :

Caus. ( pf. न्यासयाम् आस or °सयां चक्रे) to cause to put or lay down, [MBh.]

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न्य् √ अस्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

न्यस् [nyas]   4 [P.]
   To set or put down, place, throw down; शिखरिषु पदं न्यस्य [Me.13;] दृष्टिपूतं न्यसेत् पादम् [Ms.6.46.]
   To lay or throw aside, abandon, give up, resign, relinquish; स न्यस्तचिह्नामपि राजलक्ष्मीम् [R.2.7;] न्यस्तशस्त्रस्य [Ve.3.18;] so प्राणान् न्यस्यति &c.
   To put in, place within, place or put down upon anything (with loc.); शिरस्याज्ञा न्यस्ता [Amaru.82;] चित्रन्यस्त 'committed to picture', [V.1.4;] स्तनन्यस्तोशीरं [Ś.3.8] 'applied'; अयोग्ये न मद्विधो न्यस्यति भारतग्ऱ्यम् [Bk.1.22;] [Me.61.]
   To entrust, consign, commit to the care of, deliver; अहमपि तव सूनौ न्यस्तराज्यः [V.5.17;] भ्रातरि न्यस्य माम् [Bk. 5.82.]
   To give to, confer or bestow upon; रामे श्रीर्न्य- स्यतामिति [R.12.2.]
   To state, bring forward, adduce, propound (as an argument); अर्थान्तरं न्यस्यति Malli. on [Śi.1.17.]
   To settle, fix, appoint.
   To support.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

   See : धा, आरोपय, स्थापय, अभिलिख्