लयlayaSticking, union, adherence.
[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.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अर्कः the sun at the destruction of the universe.
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-आरम्भः, -आलम्भः an actor, a dancer.
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-कालः the time of destruction (of the world.).
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-गत Adjective dissolved, melted away.
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-नालिकः a Buddhist or Jain temple.
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-पुत्री an actress, a female dancer.
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-मध्य Adjective to be performed in moderate time (a piece of music).
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-शुद्ध Adjective to be performed in right time.
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-स्थानम् a place of dissolution.
