Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Embracing, clasping, an embrace; āśleṣalolupavadhūstanakārka- śyasākṣiṇīṃ Śi. 2. 17; Amaru. 15, 72, 94; kaṃṭhāśleṣapraṇayini jane Me. 3, 106.
2 Contact, intimate connection; rela- tion; sāmīpyāśleṣaviṣayairvyāptyādhāraścatu- rvidhaḥ Mugdha.
3 The site of an act. ṣā f. (pl.) N. of the ninth Nakṣatra.