लय [ली-अच्]
1 Sticking, union, adherence.
2 Lurking, hiding.
3 Fusion, melting, solution.
4 Disappearance, dissolution, extinction, destruction; universal destruction (प्रलय); लयंया ‘to be dissolved or destroyed’.
5 Absorption of the mind, deep concentration, exclusive devotion (to any one object); पश्यंती शिवरूपिणं लयवशादात्मानमभ्यागता Māl. 5. 2, 7; ध्यानलयेन Gīt. 4.
6 Time in music (of three kinds द्रत, मध्य, and विलंबित); किसलयैः सलयैरिव पाणि- भिः R. 9. 35; पादन्यासो लयमनुगतः M. 2. 9.
7 A pause in music.
8 Rest, repose.
9 A place of rest, abode, habitation; अलया 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.
−अर्कः the sun at the destruction of the universe. −आरंभः −आलंभः an actor, a dancer.
−कालः the time of destruction (of the world).
−गत a. dissolved, melted away.
−पुत्री an actress, a female dancer.