न्यास [ nyāsa ] [ ny-āsa ] m. putting down or in , placing , fixing , inserting , applying , impressing , drawing , painting , writing down Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ( cf. [ akṣara- ] , [ khura- ] , [ caraṇa- ] , [ nakha- ] , [ pada- ] . , [ pāda- ] . , [ bīja- ] , [ rekhā- ] )

  putting away , taking off , laying aside Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Daś. Lit. BhP. ( cf. [ deha- ] , [ śarīra- ] , [ śastra- ] )

  abandoning , resigning Lit. Up. Lit. Bhag. Lit. BhP.

  depositing , intrusting , delivering

  any deposit or pledge Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh.

  written or literal text ( cf. [ yathā-nyāsam ] ) Lit. Pat.

  lowering (the voice) Lit. RPrāt.

  (in music) the final tone

  bringing forward , introducing ( cf. [ arthāntara ] .)

  consigning or intrusting anything to the mind Lit. W.

  mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities Lit. RTL. 205

  N. of sev. works. , (esp.) of a Comm. on Lit. Kāś.