SlezaH [ Sliz-GaY ] 1 An embrace. 2 Clinging or adhering to. 3 Union, junction, contact; niraMtaraSlezaGanAH K. (where it has the next sense also). 4 Pun, paronomasia, double entendre , susceptibility of a word or sentence, to yield two or more interpretations (regarded as a figure of speech and very commonly used by poets; for def. see K. P. Kārikās 84 and 96 ); aSlezi na SlezakaverBavatyAH SlokadvayArTaH suDiyA mayA kiM N. 3. 69 ; see SabdaSleza also. 5 Burning. Comp. — arTaH a pun, double entendre . — Bittika a. trusting on ( lit. having for its basis) a Śleṣa.