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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. न्यासnyāsa1 Placing, putting down or upon, planting, तस्या खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुम् R.2.2; Ku.6.5; M.2.9; Māl.5.5…
    1. 1 Placing, putting down or upon, planting, तस्या खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुम् R.2.2; Ku.6.5; M.2.9; Māl.5.5; चरणन्यास, अङ्गन्यास etc.; सैन्दूरं क्रियते जनेन चरण- न्यासैः पुनः कुट्टिमम् Ratn.1.1.
    2. Hence, any impression, mark, stamp, print; अतिशस्त्रनखन्यासः R.12.73; 'where the nail-marks surpassed those of weapons'; दन्तन्यासः.
    3. Depositing.
    4. A pledge, deposit; प्रत्यर्पित- न्यास इवान्तरात्मा Ś.4.22; R.12.18; Y.2.67.
    5. Entrusting, committing, giving over, delivering, consigning.
    6. Painting, writing down.
    7. Giving up, resigning, abandoning, relinquishing; शस्त्रdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; न्यासो दण्डस्य भूतेषु Bhāg.7.15.8; काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः Bg.18.2.
    8. Bringing forward, adducing.
    9. Digging in, seizing (as with claws).
    10. Assignment of the various parts of the body to different deities, which is usually accompanied with prayers and corresponding gesticulations.
    11. Lowering the tone or voice. संन्यास quod vide, which see; एवं वसन् गृहे कालं विरक्तो न्यासमास्थितः Bhāg. 9.6.53.
    12. Written or literal text (यथान्यासम्).
    13. Bringing forward, introducing (Compare अर्थान्तरन्यास).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अपह्नवः repudiation of a deposit.

    • -धारिन् Masculine the holder of a deposit, a mortgagee.

    • न्यास nyāsa न्यासिन् nyāsin, न्यासिन् etc. See under न्यस्.

    In the Gita18·2

    काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः ।

    kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ saṁnyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ, — The Blessed Lord said:- Sages have known as Sannyasa the physical depositing (or laying aside) of desirable actions; Tyaga is the name given by the… 18·2
    • न्यासम्nyāsamaccusative singular of the masculine noun nyāsa (the physical depositing or laying aside).
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  2. अनुपन्यासanupanyāsa1 Not mentioning; non-statement.
    1. 1 Not mentioning; non-statement.
    2. Uncertainty, doubt, failure of proof.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. न्यासnyāsa[ni ͜ âsa] m. setting down, planting (the foot); putting on; insertion, impact; applying, drawing, commitment…

    [ni ͜ âsa] masculine setting down, planting (the foot); putting on; insertion, impact; applying, drawing, commitment; writing down, inscribing; written text; renunciation; laying aside; deposit; bringing forward, adduction: -dhâraka, masculine depositary.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. न्यासnyāsam. putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down MBh.…
    1. masculine gender putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down MBh. Ka1v. etc. (confer, compare अक्षर-, खुर-, चरण-, नख-, पद- ., पाद- ., बीज-, रेखा-)
    2. masculine gender putting away, taking off, laying aside MBh. Hariv. Das3. BhP. (confer, compare देह-, शरीर-, शस्त्र-)
    3. masculine gender abandoning, resigning Up. Bhag. BhP.
    4. masculine gender depositing, intrusting, delivering
    5. masculine gender any deposit or pledge Mn. Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
    6. masculine gender written or literal text (confer, compare यथा-न्यासम्) Pat.
    7. masculine gender lowering (the voice) RPra1t.
    8. masculine gender (in music) the final tone
    9. masculine gender bringing forward, introducing (confer, compare अर्था*न्तर .)
    10. masculine gender consigning or intrusting anything to the mind W.
    11. masculine gender mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities RTL. 205 etc.
    12. masculine gender Name of several works., (especially) of a commentator or commentary on Ka1s3.
    13. etc. see under न्य्-अस् .
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  2. अक्षरन्यासakṣaranyāsam. array of syllables or letters
    1. masculine gender array of syllables or letters
    2. masculine gender the alphabet.
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  3. अक्षरविन्यासakṣaravinyāsa= -न्यास Vikr.

    Equivalent to -न्यास Vikr.

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  4. अङ्गन्यासaṅganyāsam. ceremony of touching certain parts of the body.

    masculine gender ceremony of touching certain parts of the body.

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  5. अनुपन्यासanupanyāsam. failure of proof or determination, uncertainty, doubt.

    masculine gender failure of proof or determination, uncertainty, doubt.

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  6. अन्यासक्तanyāsaktamfn. intent on something else.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective intent on something else.

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  7. अन्यासाधारणanyāsādhāraṇamfn. not common to another, peculiar.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not common to another, peculiar.

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