न्यासnyāsa1 Placing, putting down or upon, planting, तस्या खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुम् R.2.2; Ku.6.5; M.2.9; Māl.5.5…
- 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.
- Hence, any impression, mark, stamp, print; अतिशस्त्रनखन्यासः R.12.73; 'where the nail-marks surpassed those of weapons'; दन्तन्यासः.
- Depositing.
- A pledge, deposit; प्रत्यर्पित- न्यास इवान्तरात्मा Ś.4.22; R.12.18; Y.2.67.
- Entrusting, committing, giving over, delivering, consigning.
- Painting, writing down.
- 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.
- Bringing forward, adducing.
- Digging in, seizing (as with claws).
- Assignment of the various parts of the body to different deities, which is usually accompanied with prayers and corresponding gesticulations.
- Lowering the tone or voice. संन्यास quod vide, which see; एवं वसन् गृहे कालं विरक्तो न्यासमास्थितः Bhāg. 9.6.53.
- Written or literal text (यथान्यासम्).
- Bringing forward, introducing (Compare अर्थान्तरन्यास).
Derived forms and compounds
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-अपह्नवः repudiation of a deposit.
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-धारिन् Masculine the holder of a deposit, a mortgagee.
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न्यास nyāsa न्यासिन् nyāsin, न्यासिन् etc. See under न्यस्.
Source: Apte