m. melting, dissolution, disappearance or absorption in (locative case or compound) etc. (layaṃ-gam-or yā-"to disappear, be dissolved or absorbed"; layaṃ-saṃ-gam-,"to hide or conceal one's self")
m. " brahmā-'s destruction", the universal destruction that takes place at the end of every 100 years of brahmā-'s (and in which even brahmā- himself is swallowed up)
m. "abode of snow", the himālaya- range of mountains (bounding India on the north and containing the highest elevations in the world;in mythology personified as husband of menā- or menakā- [by whom he had a son maināka-] and father of pārvatī-,"daughter of the Mountain", and of gaṅgā-, who, as the personified Ganges, is generally regarded as his eldest daughter) etc.
mn. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).) a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) etc. (also applied to waves as compared to bracelets)
m. dissolution, liquefaction, disappearance, death, destruction (especially destruction of the world) (accusative withgam-, yā-, vraj-etc. to be dissolved, end;with Causal ofgam-,to dissolve, destroy)
लयः [ली-अच्] 1 Sticking, union, adherence. -2 Lurking, hiding. -3 Fusion, melting, solution. -4 Disappearance, dissolution, extinction, destruction; universal destruction (प्रलय); लयं या 'to be dissolved or destroyed'. -5 Absorption of the mind, deep concentration, exclusive devotion (to any one object); पश्यन्ती शिवरूपिणं लयवशादात्मानमभ्यागता Māl.5.2,7; ध्यानलयेन Gīt.4. -6 Time in music (of three kinds- द्रुत, मध्य, and विलम्बित); किसलयैः सलयैरिव पाणिभिः R.9.35; पादन्यासो लय- मनुगतः M.2.9; मध्यलम्बितपरिच्छिन्नस्त्रिधायं लयः Nāg.1.14. -7 A pause in music. -8 Rest, repose. -9 A place of rest, abode, habitation; अलया Śi.4.57 'having no fixed abode, wandering'. -1 Slackness of mind, mental inactivity; (also used in adjectival sense; यदा जये- द्रजः सत्त्वं तमो मूढं लयं जडम् Bhāg.11.25.15.). -11 An embrace. -12 The Supreme Being. -13 The union of song, dance, and instrumental music; गायतं मधुरं गेयं तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितम् Rām.7.93.15. -14 A swoon. -15 The quick (downward) movement of an arrow. -Comp. -अर्कः the sun at the destruction of the universe. -आरम्भः, -आलम्भः an actor, a dancer. -कालः the time of destruction (of the world.). -गत a. dissolved, melted away. -नालिकः a Buddhist or Jain temple. -पुत्री an actress, a female dancer. -मध्य a. to be performed in moderate time (a piece of music). -शुद्ध a. to be performed in right time. -स्थानम् a place of dissolution.
अनुकूलयति Den. P. To conciliate, propitiate, act in a friendly way towards; (तम्) अनुकूलयतीन्द्रो$पि कल्पद्रुम- विभूषणैः Ku.2.39; अस्यानुकूलय मतिं मतिमन्ननेन Ki.13.71; Śi.7.11.
आलयः यम् [आलीयते$स्मिन्, आली-अच्] 1 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. -2 A village; मन्दरस्य च ये कोटिं संश्रिताः केचिदालयाः Rām.4.4.25. -3 A receptacle, seat, place; हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराजः Ku.1.1; so देवालयम्, विद्यालयम् &c; fig. also; दुःख˚ Bg.8.15; गुण˚. -4 Contact. -यम् ind. Till destruction, death; पिबत भागवतं रसमालयम् Bhāg.
कुवलयम् 1 The blue water-lily; कुवलयदलस्निग्धैरङ्गैर्ददौ नयनोत्सवम् U.3.22. -2 A water-lily in general. -3 The earth (-m. also). -Comp. -आनन्द N. of a work on rhetoric by अप्पय्या दीक्षित. -ईशः a king.
चटुलय Den. P. to move to and fro; चञ्चूपुटं चटुलयन्ति चिरं चकोराः Bv.89,99.
चटुलोल caṭulōla चटुल्लोल caṭullōla
चटुलोल चटुल्लोल a. 1 Tremulous. -2 Lovely, beautiful. -3 Talking sweet words.
निलयः 1 A hiding place, the lair or den of animals, a nest (of birds); निलयाय शाखिन इवाह्वयते Śi.9.4. -2 A cellar; अम्बराख्याननिलयौ कण्ठदध्नं समन्ततः Parṇāl. (Two cellars known as Ambarakhānā.) -3 An abode, residence, house, dwelling; oft. at the end of comp. in the sense of 'living or residing in'; नित्यं निर्मूलयेयुर्निचिततरममी भक्तिनिघ्नात्मनां नः पद्माक्षस्याङ्घ्रिपद्मद्वयतलनिलयाः पांसवः पापपङ्कम् ॥ --विष्णुपादाति स्तोत्रम् 1. -4 Hiding oneself; तस्मान्निलय- मुत्सृज्य यूयं सर्वे त्रिविष्टपम् । यात कालं प्रतीक्षन्तो यतः शत्रोर्विपर्ययः ॥ Bhāg.8.15.31. -5 Total destruction. -6 Setting, disappearance; दिनान्ते निलयाय गन्तुम् R.2.15. (where the word is used in sense I also).
निलयनम् 1 Setting in a place, alighting. -2 A place of refuge; निलयनं चानिलयनं च Tait. Up.2.6; Bhāg. 5.19.2. -3 A house, dwelling, habitation; नदीनिलयनाः सर्पा नदीकुटिलगामिनः । तिष्ठन्त्यावृत्य पन्थानमतो दुःखतरं वनम् ॥ Rām.2.28.2; Ki.7.2. -4 The act of going out.
प्रलयः 1 Destruction, annihilation, dissolution; स्थानानि किं हिमवतः प्रलयं गतानि Bh.3.7,69; प्रलयं नीत्वा Si.11.66. 'causing to disappear'. -2 The destruction of the whole universe (at the end of a kalpa), universal destruction; Ku.2.8; अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलय- स्तथा Bg.7.6. -3 Any extensive destruction or devastation. -4 Death, dying, destruction; प्रारब्धाः प्रलयाय मांसवदहो विक्रेतुमेते वयम् Mu.5.21;1.14; यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् Bg.14.14. -5 Swoon, fainting, loss of consciousness, syncope; प्रलयान्तोन्मिषिते विलोचने Ku.4.2. -6 (In Rhet.) Loss of consciousness, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings; प्रलयः सुखदुःखाद्यै- र्गाढमिन्द्रियमूर्छनम् Pratāparudra. -7 The mystic syllable om. -8 Spiritual unification (लय); बुद्धिः कर्मगुणैर्हीना यदा
मनसि वर्तते । तदा संपद्यते ब्रह्म तत्रैव प्रलयं गतम् ॥ Mb.12.24. 17. -9 Sleepiness. -Comp. -कालः the time of universal destruction. -घनः, -जलधरः a cloud at the dissolution of the world. -दहनः the fire at the dissolution of the world. -पयोधिः the ocean at the dissolution of the world.
मलयः 1 N. of a mountain range in the south of India, abounding in sandal trees; (poets usually represent the breeze from the Malaya mountain as wafting the odour of sandal trees and other plants growing thereon, which peculiarly affects persons who are smit with love); स्तनाविव दिशस्तस्याः शैलौ मलयदर्दुरौ R.4.51; 9.25;13.2; विना मलयमन्यत्र चन्दनं न प्ररोहति Pt.1.41; मलये भिल्लपुरन्ध्री चन्दनतरुकाष्ठमिन्धनं कुरुते Subhāṣ. -2 N. of the country lying to the east of the Malaya range, Malabar. -3 A garden. -4 The garden of Indra. -5 The side of a mountain. -6 (In music) A kind of measure. -Comp. -अचलः, -अद्रिः, -गिरिः, -पर्वतः &c. the Malaya mountain. -अनिलः, -वातः, -समीरः the wind blowing from the Malaya mountain, south-wind; ललितलवङ्गलतापरिशीलनकोमलमलयसमीरे Gīt.1; cf. अपगतदाक्षिण्य दक्षिणानिलहतक पूर्णास्ते मनोरथाः कृतं कर्तव्यं वहेदानीं यथेष्टम् K.; Dk.1.1. -उद्भवम् sandal-wood. -जः a sandal tree; अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते Bv.1.11. (-जः, -जम्) sandal-wood. (-जम्) an epithet of Rāhu. ˚रजस् n. the dust of sandal. -द्रुमः a sandal tree. -वासिनी an epithet of Durgā.
वलयः यम् [वल्-अयन् Uṇ.4.19] 1 A bracelet, armlet; विहितविशदबिसकिसलयवलया जीवति परमिह तव रति- कलया Gīt.6; Bk.3.22; Me.2,62; R.13.21,43. -2 A ring, coil; क्रोडाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासङ्गसंजातपाशः Ś.1.32;7.11. -3 The zone or girdle of a married woman. -4 A circle; circumference (oft. at the end of comp.); भ्रान्त- भूवलयः Dk.; वेलावप्रवलयाम् (उर्वीम्) R.1.3; दिग्वलय Śi. 9.8. -4 An enclosure, a bower; as in लतावलयमण्डप. -यः 1 A fence, hedge. -2 A branch. -3 A sore throat. -4 A kind of circular military array. -यम् 1 N. of certain round bones. -2 Multitude, swarm. (वलयीकृ 'to form into a bracelet;' करेण शंभोर्वलयीकृताहिना सहिष्यते तत् प्रथमावलम्बनम् Ku.5.66; वलयीभू 'to serve as a bracelet or girdle').
विलयः 1 Dissolution, liquefaction. -2 Destruction, death, end; नयतु मामात्मनो$ङ्गेषु विलयमम्बा U.7. -3 Destruction or dissolution of the world; (विलयं गम् to be dissolved, to end, to be terminated; दिवसो$नुमित्रमगमद्विलयम् Śi.9.17).
शिथिलयति Den. P. 1 To relax, slacken, loosen; शिथि- लितमानग्रहणो वाति दक्षिणपवनः Ratn.1.14. -2 To give up, abandon; शिथिलय क्षणमात्रं बाष्पमोक्षम् Ve.5. -3 To lessen, allow to cool down; न सा इतोगतमनुरागं शिथिलयति V.2.
m. [√ 1. lî] adherence; disap pearance or absorption in (lc., --°ree;); extinc tion, dissolution, destruction, death; rest, repose (rare); mental lethargy or inactivity; sport; time in music (of which there are three: druta, madhya, and vilambita): -m gam, become attached to any one (lc.); dis appear, be dissolved, or absorbed in (lc.); -m yâ, id.; be destroyed, perish.
m. N. of a Dvîpa; -yâpa, m.: -na, n., -nâ, f. procrastination; -yoga, m. conjuncture of time or fate; point of time: -tas, ad. according to circumstances; -loha, n. iron, steel; -vâla, a.having a black tail; -vid, a. knowing the times; -vidyâ, f. knowledge of chronology or the calendar; -vibhakti, f. division of time; -vriddhi, f. kind of illegal interest; -vyatîta, pp. for which the right time has passed.
a. having taken up one's abode, dwelling (in, lc., --°ree;); feeling at home; -½avasakthika, a. having put on a loin cloth; -½avasatha, a. received into one's house; -½avastha, a.compelled to appear in court; -½âsamsa, a. hoping; -½astra, a. practised in arms or archery; -½âhâraka, a. having finished one's meal.
n. squirt; water-clock: -ka, n. squirt, -kakra, n. water-wheel, -man dira, n. apartment with shower-bath; -râsi, m. waters; sea, ocean; -ruh, -ruha, m. day lotus (growing in the water); -rekhâ, f. streak on the water; strip of water; -lekhâ, f. id.; -lava-muk, m. (shedding drops of water), cloud; -vat, a. abounding in water; -vâsa, m. abode in the water; a. living in the water; -vâs-in, a. living in the water:(i)-tâ, f. abst. n.; -vâha, a. bearing water: -ka, m. water carrier; -sayyâ, f. lying in the water (as a penance); -samnivesa, m. reservoir, pond; -sûrya: -ka, m. reflection of the sun in the water; -stha, a. being in the water; -sthâna, n. reservoir, lake; -snâna, n. bathe; -hastin, m. (water-elephant), crocodile; -hâra, m. water-carrier; î, f.
m. lurking-place, dwelling, abode; a. dwelling in, being the dwelling of, inhabited by (--°ree;); -lâyin, a. sitting down on or in (--°ree;): -lâyi-tâ, f. abiding in (--°ree;).
den. P. (E. also Â.): regarded by the grammarians as the causal of √ pâ; guard, protect; rule; be the guardian of; preserve, maintain, keep (a promise etc.): pp. pâlita. ati, pass, spend (time). anu, guard, protect; take care of; be the guardian of; maintain, observe, keep (a promise etc.); adhere to. pari, guard, protect, from (ab.); govern; cherish, honour; support; maintain, keep; expect; wait. prati,protect, guard; maintain, observe, keep to; wait; wait for, expect. sam, protect; keep (a promise); get over, overcome.
m. N. of a mountain range on the west of Malabar (the western Ghâts), abounding in sandal trees: pl. N. of a peo- ple: -ketu, m. N. of a prince; -giri, m. the Malaya range; -ga, a. growing on the Malaya range; m. sandal tree; m. n. sandal wood; sandal: -ragas, n. sandal, -rasa, m. sandal water, -½âlepa, m. sandal ointment; -desa, m. country of Malaya; -druma, m. sandal tree; -dhvaga, m. N.; -parvata, m.the Malaya range; -pura, m. N. of a town; -prabha, m. N. of a prince; -bhû-bhrit, m. the Malaya range; -marut, m. wind blow ing from the Malaya; -mâlin, m. N.; -ruha, m. (growing in the Malaya), sandal tree; -vat-î,f. N.; -simha, m. N.; -½udbhava, n. (?) sandal.
m. n. [√ 1. vri] bracelet, arm let (worn by men and women); circle; cir cumference (--°ree; a. encircled by); m. kind of circular military array; multitude, swarm (rare).
den. P. agitate, dis tract; throw into confusion: ita, pp. filled with, full of (--°ree;); confused, bewildered, dis tracted (ord. mg.); deranged; destroyed.
den. P. practise, cultivate; give one's whole attention to; wear, put on; inhabit, frequent: pp. sîlita, inhabited, fre quented, visited; prepared. anu, act like any one (ac.). pari, cultivate, practise; study; inhabit; cherish.
noun (masculine) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an embrace (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cowering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dwelling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extinction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
melting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mental inactivity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
merriness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
repose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
residence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sport (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of sticking or clinging to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a place of rest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adhering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
repose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of clinging (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a receptacle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
asylum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dwelling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Dvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince of the Yavanas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a tyrannical Asura (the foe of Kṛṣṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a sprout or shoot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the extremity of a branch bearing new leaves (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a lock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular surgical instrument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lock and key (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
small pair of pincers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) abode (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
den (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hiding- or dwelling-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
residence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
resting-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) alighting in or on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hiding-place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
settling down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) annihilation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cause of dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fainting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loss of sense or consciousness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the syllable om (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reabsorption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
setting (of the stars) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sleepiness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the destruction of the whole world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in music) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a celestial grove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a garden (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain range on the west of Malabar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of ṣabha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Garuḍa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Upadvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of another country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the country Malabar and (pl.) its inhabitants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the western Ghāts (abounding in sandal trees) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Hindī wk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the total annihilation of the universe at the end of a Kalpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a great dwelling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a great temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a monastery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular half month (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place of pilgrimage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place of refuge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tree etc. sacred to a deity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
asylum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great monastery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sanctuary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the great Universal spirit (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Loka or world of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) -malaya-dvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a caravansery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the unguent prepared from sandal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a bracelet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of round bone
a lierne
a line (of bees) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a zone (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
armlet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
circumference (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
girdle (of a married woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ring (worn by men and women on the wrist) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
round enclosure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the coil of a serpent
[medic.] a method of cauterisation Frequency rank 3577/72933
noun (masculine) a branch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of circular military array (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sore throat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inflammation of the larynx (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) absorption in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
annihilation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extinction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) death (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
destruction (esp. destruction of the world) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
disappearance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
liquefaction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a particular product of milk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an attenuant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attenuating (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
corroding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dissolution (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eating away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
escharotic (in medicine) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
liquefaction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
melting (intrans.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
removing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
taking away (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a cemetery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place where dead bodies are burnt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any temple or shrine dedicated to Śiva (generally containing a Liīga) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Kailāsa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red Tulasī or basil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] name of Śiva Frequency rank 17293/72933
noun (masculine) a god's abode (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
abode of the gods (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
heaven (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Meru or Sumeru (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wind (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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