ālaya
Ālaya,(m. & nt.) [cp. Sk. ālaya,ā + lī,līyate,cp. allīna & allīyati,also nirālaya] -- 1. orig. roosting place,perch,i. e. abode settling place,house J.I,10 (geh°); Miln.213; DhA.II,162 (an° = anoka),170 (= oka). -- 2. “hanging on”,attachment,desire,clinging,lust S.I,136 = Vin.I,4 (°rāma “devoted to the things to which it clings” K. S.); Vin.III,20,111; S.IV,372 (an°); V,421 sq. (id.); A.II,34,131 (°rāma); III,35; It.88; Sn.177 (kām° = kāmesu taṇhā-diṭṭhi-vasena duvidho ālayo SnA 216),535 (+ āsavāni),635; Nett 121,123 (°samugghāta); Vism.293 (id.),497; Miln.203 (Buddh °ṁ akāsi?); DhA.I,121; IV,186 (= taṇhā); SnA 468 (= anoka of Sn.366). -- 3. pretence,pretext,feint [cp. BSk. ālaya M Vastu III,314] J.I,157 (gilān°),438; III,533 (mat°); IV,37 (gabbhinī); VI 20,262 (gilān°). (Page 109)