न्यास

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit न्यास (nyāsa, placing down; pledge).

Pronunciation

Noun

न्यास (nyāsm

  1. (law) trust
    कारबार न्यासkārbār nyāsbusiness trust
    अवसंरचना विनिधान न्यास
    avsanracnā vinidhān nyās
    infrastructure investment trust

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From न्यस् (nyas, to throw down).

Noun

न्यास (nyāsa) stemm

  1. putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down
  2. putting away, taking off, laying aside
  3. abandoning, resigning
  4. depositing, intrusting, delivering
  5. any deposit or pledge
  6. written or literal text
  7. lowering (the voice)
  8. (music) the final tone
  9. bringing forward, introducing
  10. consigning or intrusting anything to the mind
  11. mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of न्यास (nyāsa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative न्यासः
nyāsaḥ
न्यासौ / न्यासा¹
nyāsau / nyāsā¹
न्यासाः / न्यासासः¹
nyāsāḥ / nyāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative न्यास
nyāsa
न्यासौ / न्यासा¹
nyāsau / nyāsā¹
न्यासाः / न्यासासः¹
nyāsāḥ / nyāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative न्यासम्
nyāsam
न्यासौ / न्यासा¹
nyāsau / nyāsā¹
न्यासान्
nyāsān
Instrumental न्यासेन
nyāsena
न्यासाभ्याम्
nyāsābhyām
न्यासैः / न्यासेभिः¹
nyāsaiḥ / nyāsebhiḥ¹
Dative न्यासाय
nyāsāya
न्यासाभ्याम्
nyāsābhyām
न्यासेभ्यः
nyāsebhyaḥ
Ablative न्यासात्
nyāsāt
न्यासाभ्याम्
nyāsābhyām
न्यासेभ्यः
nyāsebhyaḥ
Genitive न्यासस्य
nyāsasya
न्यासयोः
nyāsayoḥ
न्यासानाम्
nyāsānām
Locative न्यासे
nyāse
न्यासयोः
nyāsayoḥ
न्यासेषु
nyāseṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “nyāsa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.