लयlaya

लय (laya) is a Sanskrit word meaning the act of sticking or clinging to, lying down, cowering, melting, dissolution, disappearance, or absorption, extinction, destruction, death, rest, repose, a place of rest, residence, house, or dwelling. Its 33 recorded definitions are grouped into 15 contexts, among them Musical Time, Rhythm, or Pause, Adherence, Union, Embrace, Destruction, Dissolution, Absorption.

Roots: गा (gā), गम् (gam), या (yā), 1. ली (1. lī)
Etymology: E. ली adhere to, &c., aff. अच् ।
Definitions: 33

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Meanings by context

Musical Time, Rhythm, or Pause

7 definitions

musical time classified as quick, moderate, or slow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a kind of measure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the union of song, dance, and instrumental music

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pause

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Equal time in music and dancing. 2. Adhering, embracing, or uniting. 3. A house or dwelling. 4. Sport or pastime. 5. The root of Andropogon muricatum. 6. Loss or destruction. 7. Fusion or melting.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Equal time in music and dancing, embracing, a house, or sport. 2. Loss or fusion.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Equal time in music and dancing. 2. Union or adherence. 3. Fusion or absorption. 4. Concentration or devotion. 5. Rest or repose. 6. Mental inactivity. 7. An embrace. 8. Destruction. 9. A house or dwelling. 10. Sport or pastime. 11. The root of Andropogon muricatum.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adherence, Union, Embrace

6 definitions

the act of sticking or clinging to

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an embrace

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Adherence, disappearance, or absorption. 2. Extinction, dissolution, destruction, or death. 3. Rest or repose. 4. Mental lethargy or inactivity. 5. Sport. 6. Musical time or tempo.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Adherence or union. 2. Fusion, solution, or absorption. 3. Concentration or exclusive devotion. 4. Destruction or disappearance. 5. An embrace. 6. Rest or repose. 7. Mental inactivity. 8. Musical time. 9. Habitation or residence.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Adhering 2. A house 3. Sport 4. Equal time or a pause in music and dancing 5. Melting or vanishing 6. Dissolution or destruction 7. Loss 8. Slackness of mind

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Clinging, adhering, or embracing. 2. Lying down or hiding. 3. Melting, dissolving, disappearing, or destruction. 4. Rest, repose, or a dwelling place. 5. Mental inactivity or spiritual indifference. 6. Time or a pause in music.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Destruction, Dissolution, Absorption

3 definitions

melting, dissolution, disappearance, or absorption

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

extinction, destruction, death

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The dissolution pertaining to Prakriti, where the universe merges when the gunas are in a balanced state. 2. A state of a century without rain and severe famine accompanied by a destructive deluge fire and violent winds. 3. Deluge.

— The Purana Index

Mental Inactivity, Lethargy, Indifference

3 definitions

mental inactivity or spiritual indifference

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

making the mind inactive or indifferent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Dulling or hebetating the mind. 2. Clinging, hiding, vanishing, or entering into. 3. Absorption, extinction, or death. 4. Rest or repose. 5. Time or pause in music.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proper Name (Person, Deity, Yoginī)

2 definitions

Name of a Yogini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Referential or Cross-Reference Entry

2 definitions

See page 903, column 2.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See page 868

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Sport, Amusement, Delight

2 definitions

sport, diversion, merriness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

delight in anything

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Specific Plant Root (Andropogon Muricatum)

1 definition

the root of Andropogon muricatus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Agricultural Implement

1 definition

an agricultural implement

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dwelling, Abode

1 definition

a place of rest, residence, house, or dwelling

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lying Down, Cowering

1 definition

lying down, cowering

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Rest, Repose (as a state)

1 definition

rest, repose

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Swift Movement (of an arrow)

1 definition

the quick downward movement of an arrow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Swoon, Fainting

1 definition

a swoon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Verbal Root: To Go, To Move

1 definition

To go or move.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.