न्यस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ন্যস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦ᭄ᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ন্যস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နျသ် (Burmese script)
• ન્યસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨ੍ਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦾꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನ್ಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ន្យស៑ (Khmer script)
• ນ຺ຍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ന്യസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନ୍ଯସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥ꣄ꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• න්‍යස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ந்யஸ் (Tamil script)
• న్యస్ (Telugu script)
• นฺยสฺ (Thai script)
• ནྱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

नि- (ni-, “out”) +‎ अस् (as, “to throw”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /njɐs/, [j̃jɐs]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪jɐs̪/

Root

न्यस् • (nyas)

1. to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc., e.g. भुवि, on the earth)
2. to take off
3. to give up, resign (as life)
4. to set in the ground, plant
5. (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
6. 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)
7. to bring forward, mention

Derived terms

• न्यसति (nyasati)
• न्यस्यति (nyasyati)
• न्यासयाम् (nyāsayām)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “न्यस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 572/1.