nyāsaṃ

nyas P. asyati, or asati, to throw or cast or lay or put down (with loc. , e.g. bhuvi, on the earth), AV. &c. &c.; to take off, MBh. ; R. ; to give up, resign (as life), R. ; to set in the ground, plant (prarohān, 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 citre, ‘to place in a picture’, paint, depict; with śirasi, ‘to place on the head’, receive with reverence; with manasi, ‘to call to mind’, reflect, ponder; with pathi, ‘to lay on the road’, give up); to bring forward, mention, Mall. : Caus. ( pf. nyāsayāmāsa or sayāṃcakre) to cause to put or lay down, MBh.