niras 4 P. 1 To cast out, throw or drive away, give up, quit, drive or send back; nirastagAMBIyarmapAttapuzpakaM Śi. 1. 55 , 9. 63. 2 To destroy, ward off, defeat, annihilate; dispel; ahnAya tAvadaruRena tamo nirastaM R. 5. 70 ; rakzAMse vedIM parito nirAsTat Bk. 1. 12 , 2. 36. 3 To turn out, remove, expel, banish; gfhAnnirastA na tena vEdehasutA manastaH R. 14. 84. 4 To throw out, discharge (as arrows). 5 To reject, repudiate, decline. 6 To refute, confute, controvert (as arguments). 7 To eclipse, obscure, throw into the back-ground; Bk. 1. 3. 8 To tear out, strip off. 9 To stretch out (as a hand).