alaya

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [nāsti layaḥ avasthānaṃ yasya] 1 Houseless, vagrant, moving about; Śi. 4. 57. --2 Without destruction or loss, imperishable. --yaḥ 1 Non- destruction, permanance. --2 Birth, production.

[mw] m. (lī), non-dissolution, permanence R. iii, 71, 10 (v.l. an-aya) 94,3 16648 mfn. restless S3is3. iv, 57. 012171 94,3 16649

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a. [nāsti layaḥ avasthānaṃ yasya] 1 Houseless, vagrant, moving about; Śi. 4. 57. --2 Without destruction or loss, imperishable. --yaḥ 1 Non- destruction, permanance. --2 Birth,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

326

Texts Appeared In

46

DCS: name of an Upanishad | Monier-Williams: A-laya See A-√ lI .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 80 24.5%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 47 14.4%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 33 10.1%
4. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 27 8.3%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 16 4.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ālayam

  atha māṃ sarvabhūteṣu bhūtātmānaṃ kṛtālayam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ālayam

  atha taṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛtpadmeṣu kṛtālayam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ālaya

  jagṛhe jālam ātatya carataḥ svālayāntike