न्य्-√ अस् P. -अस्यति, or
-असति, to throw or cast or lay or put down (with
loc. e.g. भुवि, on the earth),
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to take off,
[MBh.] ;
[R.] ;
to give up, resign (as life),
[R.] ;
to set in the ground, plant (
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
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,
[Mall.] :
Caus. (
pf. न्यासयाम् आस or
°सयां चक्रे) to cause to put or lay down,
[MBh.]