or naṃś cl. 1. P. Ā. náśati, °te (aor. ānat, -naṭ; -anaṣṭām, -nak [in pra-ṇak] Impv. -nákṣi; Ā. 1. sg. náṃśi Prec. naśīmahi; inf. -náśe), to reach, attain, meet with, find, [RV.] [cf. aś and nakṣ; Lat. nac-tus sum; Lith. nèszti; Slav. nesti; Goth. ganôhs; Germ. genug; Angl.Sax. genôh; Eng. enough.]
cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 85]) náśyati (rarely °te and cl. 1. P. náśati, °te; pf. nanāśa, 3. pl. neśur; aor. anaśat, [MBh.] &c.; aneśat, néśat, [RV.]; [Br.] [cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 120]]; fut. naśiṣyati, [AV.]; naṅkṣyati, °te [cond. anaṅkṣyata] [MBh.]; naśitā, [ib.]; naṃṣṭā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 45]; naṅgdhā, [Vop.]; inf. naśitum, naṃṣṭum Gr.; ind.p. naśitvā, naṣṭvā, naṃṣṭvā, [ib.]) to be lost, perish, disappear, be gone, run away, [RV.] &c. &c.; to come to nothing, be frustrated or unsuccessful, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. nāśáyati, ep. also °te (aor. -anīnaśat; dat. inf. -nāśayadhyai, [RV.]) to cause to be lost or disappear, drive away, expel, remove, destroy, efface, [RV.] &c. &c.; to lose (also from memory), give up, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pañc.]; to violate, deflower (a girl), [Daś.]; [Kull.]; to extinguish (a fire), [BhP.]; to disappear (in mā nīnaśah and °naśuḥ), [MBh.] : Desid. ninaśiṣati or ninaṅkṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 60]; [2, 45] (cf. ninaṅkṣu); Desid. of Caus. nināśayiṣati, to wish to destroy, [Daś.] : Intens. nānaśyate or nānaṃṣṭi Gr.
[cf. Gk. νεκ-ρός; Lat. nex, nocere].
mfn. perishing (in jīva-, q.v.)