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Entry ली

लीlīI. 1 P. (लयति) To melt, dissolve. -II. 9 P. (लिनाति)
1. I. 1 Parasmaipada (लयति) To melt, dissolve. -II. 9 Parasmaipada (लिनाति)
2. To adhere.
3. To melt, usually with वि. -III. 4 Ā. (लीयते, लीन)
Derived forms and compounds
- लीः līḥ, Feminine
  
  Adhering, clinging to.
  
  Embracing
  
  Melting, dissolving.
  
  To stick or adhere firmly to, cling to.
  
  To clasp, embrace.
  
  To lie or rest on, recline, stay or dwell in, lurk, hide, cower down; (भृङ्गाङ्गनाः) लीयन्ते मुकुलान्तरेषु शनकैः संजातलज्जा इव Ratn.1. 26; हरिशिशुरुत्पतितुं द्रागङ्गान्याकुञ्च्य लीयते निमृतम् Bv.1.16; R.3.9; Ś.6.16; Ku.1.12;7.21; Bk.18.13; Ki.5. 26.
  
  To be dissolved, melt away.
  
  To be sticky or viscous.
  
  To be absorbed in, be devoted or attached to; माधव मनसिजविशिखभयादिव भावनया त्वयि लीना Gīt.4
  
  To vanish, disappear. -Causal (लापयति-ते, लाययति-ते, लीनयति-ते, लालयति-ते) To melt, dissolve, liquefy. (The form लापयते is used in the sense of 'to honour', 'cause to be honoured'; जटाभिर्लापयते Equivalent to पूजामधिगच्छति; Compare ParasmaipadaI.3.7.).
In the Gita4·23 8·18 8·19

यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥

yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate. — When a man liberated, free from attachment, with his mind, heart and spirit firmly founded in self-knowledge, does works as sacrifice, all his work is… 4·23
- प्रविलीयतेpravilīyatepassive 3rd person singular of the verbal root lī (to dissolve, melt) with the prefixes pra and vi (is dissolved).
- प्रलीयन्तेpralīyantepassive 3rd person plural of the verbal root lī (to dissolve, melt) with the prefix pra.
- प्रलीयतेpralīyatepassive 3rd person singular of the verbal root lī (to dissolve, melt) with the prefix pra.
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