niras | निरस् | niras
nir- | निर्- |√ 2. as | अस् | P. Ā. -asyati | -अस्यति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, (inf. asitum | असितुम् |, MBh.; aor. -āsṭat | -आस्टत् |, Bhaṭṭ.). to cast out, throw or drive away, expel, remove, banish from (abl.), ŚBr.; ŚrS.; Mn.; MBh. &c.; to ward off, keep away, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to strip off (also Ā.), Pāṇ. i, 3, 29, Vārtt. 3, Pat.; to stretch out (hastO | हस्त्O |, also Ā.), Vop.; to reject, refuse, decline (as a suitor, an offer, &c.), Sāh.; to destroy, annihilate, Yājñ.; MBh.; Hit.