निरस् [ niras ] [ nir-√ as:2 ] P. Ā. [ -asyati ] , [ °te ] , (inf. [ asitum ] Lit. MBh. ; aor. [ -āsthat ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ.) . to cast out , throw or drive away , expel , remove , banish from (abl.) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; to ward off , keep away Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to strip off ( also Ā.) Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 29 Vārtt. 3 Lit. Pat. ; to stretch out ( [ hastau ] , also Ā.) Lit. Vop. ; to reject , refuse , decline (as a suitor , an offer , ) Lit. Sāh. ; to destroy , annihilate Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh. Lit. Hit.