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Results for आलय

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आलयālayaयम् [yam], यम् [आलीयतेऽस्मिन्, आली-अच्]
1. यम् yam, यम् आलीयतेऽस्मिन्, आली-अच्
2. An abode, a house, a dwelling; आलयं देवशत्रूणां सुघोरं खाण्डवं वनम् Mb.1.223.75; न हि दुष्टात्मनामार्या निवसन्त्यालये चिरम् Rām.; सर्वाञ्जनस्थानकृतालयान् Rām. who lived or dwelt in Janasthāna.
3. A village; मन्दरस्य च ये कोटिं संश्रिताः केचिदालयाः Rām.4.4.25.
4. A receptacle, seat, place; हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः Ku.1.1; so देवालयम्, विद्यालयम् etc.; Figurative also; दुःखdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Bg.8.15; गुणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied.
5. Contact.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यम् Indeclinable Till destruction, death; पिबत भागवतं रसमालयम् Bhāg.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

आलयālaya[â-laya] m. (n.) dwelling, house; seat.

[â-laya] masculine (neuter) dwelling, house; seat.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आलयālayasee आ-√ली .
1. see आ-√ली .
2. masculine gender and neuter gender a house, dwelling
3. masculine gender a receptacle, asylum R. Ya1jn5. Katha1s. etc.
4. masculine gender (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' exempli gratia, 'for example' हिमा*लय, "the abode of snow.")
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