layaH [ lI-ac ] 1 Sticking, union, adherence. 2 Lurking, hiding. 3 Fusion, melting, solution. 4 Disappearance, dissolution, extinction, destruction; universal destruction ( pralaya ); layaMyA ‘to be dissolved or destroyed’. 5 Absorption of the mind, deep concentration, exclusive devotion (to any one object); paSyaMtI SivarUpiRaM layavaSAdAtmAnamaByAgatA Māl. 5. 2 , 7 ; DyAnalayena Gīt. 4. 6 Time in music (of three kinds drata, maDya , and vilaMbita ); kisalayEH salayEriva pARiBiH R. 9. 35 ; pAdanyAso layamanugataH M. 2. 9. 7 A pause in music. 8 Rest, repose. 9 A place of rest, abode, habitation; alayA Śi. 4. 57 ‘having no fixed abode, wandering’. 10 Slackness of mind, mental inactivity. 11 An embrace. 12 The supreme being. 13 The union of song, dance, and instrumental music. Comp. — arkaH the sun at the destruction of the universe. — AraMBaH -AlaMBaH an actor, a dancer. — kAlaH the time of destruction (of the world). — gata a. dissolved, melted away. — putrI an actress, a female dancer.