न्यास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit न्यास (nyāsa, “placing down; pledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /njɑːs/, [njäːs]

Noun

न्यास • (nyās) m

1. (law) trust

   कारबार न्यास ― kārbār nyās ― business trust

   अवसंरचना विनिधान न्यास ― avsanracnā vinidhān nyās ― infrastructure investment trust

Declension

Declension of न्यास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	न्यास nyās	न्यास nyās
oblique	न्यास nyās	न्यासों nyāsõ
vocative	न्यास nyās	न्यासो nyāso

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ন্যাস (Assamese script)
• ᬦ᭄ᬬᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• ন্যাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• နျာသ (Burmese script)
• ન્યાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਨ੍ਯਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦾꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ನ್ಯಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ន្យាស (Khmer script)
• ນ຺ຍາສ (Lao script)
• ന്യാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ନ୍ଯାସ (Odia script)
• ꢥ꣄ꢫꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• න්‍යාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ந்யாஸ (Tamil script)
• న్యాస (Telugu script)
• นฺยาส (Thai script)
• ནྱཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From न्यस् (nyas, “to throw down”).

Noun

न्यास • (nyāsa) stem, m

1. putting down or in, placing, fixing, inserting, applying, impressing, drawing, painting, writing down
2. putting away, taking off, laying aside
3. abandoning, resigning
4. depositing, intrusting, delivering
5. any deposit or pledge
6. written or literal text
7. lowering (the voice)
8. (music) the final tone
9. bringing forward, introducing
10. consigning or intrusting anything to the mind
11. mental appropriation or assignment of various parts of the body to tutelary deities

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of न्यास (nyāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	न्यासः nyāsaḥ	न्यासौ / न्यासा¹ nyāsau / nyāsā¹	न्यासाः / न्यासासः¹ nyāsāḥ / nyāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	न्यास nyāsa	न्यासौ / न्यासा¹ nyāsau / nyāsā¹	न्यासाः / न्यासासः¹ nyāsāḥ / nyāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	न्यासम् nyāsam	न्यासौ / न्यासा¹ nyāsau / nyāsā¹	न्यासान् nyāsān
Instrumental	न्यासेन nyāsena	न्यासाभ्याम् nyāsābhyām	न्यासैः / न्यासेभिः¹ nyāsaiḥ / nyāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	न्यासाय nyāsāya	न्यासाभ्याम् nyāsābhyām	न्यासेभ्यः nyāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	न्यासात् nyāsāt	न्यासाभ्याम् nyāsābhyām	न्यासेभ्यः nyāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	न्यासस्य nyāsasya	न्यासयोः nyāsayoḥ	न्यासानाम् nyāsānām
Locative	न्यासे nyāse	न्यासयोः nyāsayoḥ	न्यासेषु nyāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उपन्यास (upanyāsa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “न्यास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 572/1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “न्यास”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “nyāsa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.