nyas | न्यस् | nyas
ny-√ as | न्य्-√ अस् | P. -asyati | -अस्यति |, or -asati | -असति |, to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. Buvi | Bउवि |, on the earth), AV. &c. &c.; to take off, MBh.; R.; to give up, resign (as life), R.; to set in the ground, plant (prarohān | 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 citre | चित्रे |, ‘to place in a picture’, paint, depict; with ṣirasi | षिरसि |, ‘to place on the head’, receive with reverence; with manasi | मनसि |, ‘to call to mind’, reflect, ponder; with paṭi | पटि |, ‘to lay on the road’, give up); to bring forward, mention, Mall. : Caus. (pf. nyāsayām āsa | न्यासयाम् आस | or ˚sayāṃ cakre | ˚सयां चक्रे |) to cause to put or lay down, MBh.