लयः [layḥ] [ली-अच्]
Sticking, union, adherence.
Lurking, hiding.
Fusion, melting, solution.
Disappearance, dissolution, extinction, destruction; universal destruction (प्रलय); लयं या 'to be dissolved or destroyed'.
Absorption of the mind, deep concentration, exclusive devotion (to any one object); पश्यन्ती शिवरूपिणं लयवशादात्मानमभ्यागता
[Māl.5.2,7;] ध्यानलयेन
[Gīt.4.] Time in music (of three kinds- द्रुत, मध्य, and विलम्बित); किसलयैः सलयैरिव पाणिभिः
[R.9.35;] पादन्यासो लय- मनुगतः
[M.2.9;] मध्यलम्बितपरिच्छिन्नस्त्रिधायं लयः
[Nāg.1.14.] A pause in music.
Rest, repose.
A place of rest, abode, habitation; अलया
[Śi.4.57] 'having no fixed abode, wandering'.
Slackness of mind, mental inactivity; (also used in adjectival sense; यदा जये- द्रजः सत्त्वं तमो मूढं लयं जडम्
[Bhāg.11.25.15.] ).
An embrace.
The Supreme Being.
The union of song, dance, and instrumental music; गायतं मधुरं गेयं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम्
[Rām.7.93.15.] A swoon.
The quick (downward) movement of an arrow. -Comp.
-अर्कः the sun at the destruction of the universe.-आरम्भः,
-आलम्भः an actor, a dancer.
-कालः the time of destruction (of the world.).
-गत a. a. dissolved, melted away.
-नालिकः a Buddhist or Jain temple.-पुत्री an actress, a female dancer.
-मध्य a. a. to be performed in moderate time (a piece of music). -शुद्धa. to be performed in right time.
-स्थानम् a place of dissolution.