√ 1 naś, “be lost”

√ nard

√ 1 naś

√ 2 naś, naṃś

Present

I. náśati -te etc. V.E.+

IV. náśyati etc. V.+,-te etc. E

Future

Simple Future: naśiṣyati AV.+; naṅkṣyati -te etc. E.+ (anaṅkṣyata M)

Periphrastic Future: naśitā E. naṃṣṭā

Aorist

Th Ao: anaśat E.+

^RAo: aneśat etc. V.B.; anīnaśat etc. V.+ (nīnaśus E.)

Causative

nāśáyati etc. V.+,-te etc. E.+ (nāśayádhyai RV.; nināśayiṣa- C.)

Verbal Nouns

PPP: naṣṭá V.+; Inf: naṣṭum, naṃṣṭum; ¹Abs: naṣṭvā, naṃṣṭvā

Derivatives

-naś RV.B.	naṣṭi B.+	nāśin B.+	nāṣṭrā́ AV.B.
-naṃśin V.S.	naśvara C.	nāśya E.+	nāśayitṛ́ VS.
naśana B.+	nāśa B.+	nā́śana AV.+
naṃśuka K.	nāśaka E.+	nāśuka TS.

The forms from the stem naśa are perhaps to be classed as of ^RAo.

Meanings

náśyati 1 v (náśyati 1 (te) & náśate) & náśati (te), PPP naṣṭá (q.v.) be lost or missing, vanish, disappear, wane, perish, fly, escape, be gone. Caus. nāśáyati (te), PPP nāśita make disappear, expel, destroy, violate, deflower; lose, also from memory, i.e. forget.

apa be gone.

ava wane, disappear.

nis Caus. expel, drive away.

pra (ṇaśyati) be lost, disappear, run away. vipra be lost, vanish, have no effect or result. saṃpra disappear, cease.

vi be lost, vanish, perish, have no effect or success; be deprived of (Ab). Caus. make disappear, destroy, annihilate, kill. anuvi disappear or perish after (A).

Cf. pranaṣṭa, vinaṣṭa, vipranaṣṭa.