[lī-ac] 1 Sticking, union, adherence.

2 Lurking, hiding.

3 Fusion, melting, solution.

4 Dis- appearance, dissolution, extinction, destruction; universal destruction (pralaya); layaṃyā ‘to be dissolved or destroyed’.

5 Absorption of the mind, deep concentration, exclusive devotion (to any one object); paśyaṃtī śivarūpiṇaṃ layavaśādātmānamabhyāgatā Māl. 5. 2, 7; dhyānalayena Gīt. 4.

6 Time in music (of three...