Dictionary meanings for nyas from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
4 P. 1 To set or put down, place, throw down; śikhariṣu padaṃ nyasya Me. 13; dṛṣṭipūtaṃ nyasetpādaṃ Ms. 6. 46.
2 To lay or throw aside, abandon, give up, resign, relinquish; sa nyasta- cihnāmapi rājalakṣmīṃ R. 2. 7; nyastaśastra- sya Ve. 3. 18; so prāṇān nyasyati &c.
3 To put in, place within, place or put down upon anything (with loc.); śirasyājñā nyastā Amaru. 82; citranyasta ‘committed to picture’; V. 1. 4;...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -asyati, or -asati, to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc. e.g. bhuvi, on the earth) AV. &c; to take off MBh.; R.; to give up, resign (as life) R.; to set in the ground, plant (prarohān, shoots) Ba1lar.; (with loc.) to throw or hurl upon, pour or... n. putting down, depositing, placing, arranging Sa1h. 572,1 112747 n. bringing forward, mentioning Ka1vya7d. 072461 572,1 112748 mfn. to be put or placed AgP....