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Sanskrit
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Etymology
नि- (ni-, “out”) + अस् (as, “to throw”).
Pronunciation
Root
न्यस् • (nyas)
- to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth)
- to take off
- to give up, resign (as life)
- to set in the ground, plant
- (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 (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
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