nyas 4 P. 1 To set or put down, place, throw down; SiKarizu padaM nyasya Me. 13 ; dfzwipUtaM nyasetpAdaM Ms. 6. 46. 2 To lay or throw aside, abandon, give up, resign, relinquish; sa nyastacihnAmapi rAjalakzmIM R. 2. 7 ; nyastaSastrasya Ve. 3. 18 ; so prARAn nyasyati &c. 3 To put in, place within, place or put down upon anything (with loc. ); SirasyAjYA nyastA Amaru. 82 ; citranyasta ‘committed to picture’; V. 1. 4 ; stananyastoSIraM Ś. 3. 9 ‘applied’; ayogye na madviDo nyasyati BAramagryaM Bk. 1. 22 ; Me. 59. 4 To entrust, consign, commit to the care of, deliver; ahamapi tava sUnO nyastarAjyaH V. 5. 17 , BrAtari nyasya mAM Bk. 5. 82. 5 To give to, confer or bestow upon; rAme SrIrnyasyatAmiti R. 12. 2. 6 To state, bring forward, adduce, propound (as ( pb ) an argument); arTAMtaraM nyasyati Malli. on Śi. 1. 17. 7 To settle, fix, appoint. 8 To support.