ilayam (p. 53) s. Death, destruction, சா வு. 2. Absorption, transformation, involution, reduction of one element into another --as of earth into water; water into fire; fire into air; and air into ether, அடங்குகை. (See ஒடுக்கம்.) 3. Concealment, disappearance, ஒளிப்பு. 4. Dissolution, fusion, கரைவு. 5. Dancing, a kind of dance, கூத்தின்விகற்பம். Wils. p. 717.LAYA. (p.) இலயந்தப்பிப்போயிற்று. Destruction or loss is evaded. இலயகாலம், s. Time of destruction, end of the world. இலயக்கியானம்--இலயைக்கியான ம், s. The knowledge or science of beating drums, cymbals and other instrumental accompaniments, சங்கீதசுரக்கியானம். இலயஸ்தானம், s. The primitive of the evolved forms of nature, and of the transformations or assumed appearances of deity, into which they all become at last resolved, ஒடுங்குமிடம். இலயமாக, inf. To perish, to be destroyed. உற்பத்திஸ்திதிலயம், s. Creation, preservation and destruction. சீவலயம், s. Destruction of animated nature. சீவலயமானகாரியம், s. A destructive event. 38)

ilayai (p. 53) s. One of the ten rules of time in music, தாளப்பிரமாணம்பத்திலொன்று. 40) *

nilayam (p. 277) --நிலையம், s. The earth, பூமி. 2. Place, room, location, site, situation, இடம். 3. A principal place, பிரதானஸ்தானம். 4. A temple, கோயில். 5. Proper or appropriate place, settlement, home, quarters; seat of life, of the animal fluids, of vocal sounds, &c., vital part, நிலை. 6. Agricultural town or village, மருதநிலத்தூர். 7. Point aimed at, object, aim, direction, இல க்கு. 8. Point, degree, gradation, stage, படி. 9. A house, habitation, இல். W. p. 478. NILAYA. 1. Acting, dancing, dramatic exhibition, கூத்து. நிலயந்தப்ப, inf. To be missed as a situation, to be misplaced. நிலயம்பார்க்க, inf. (lit. or fig.) To aim at. 2. To seek one's ruin, from the figure of aiming at the vitals. நிலயம்பிடிக்க, inf. To find quarters. 2. To settle one's self. 3. To ascertain or hit, by guess or practice, the right proportion or measure---as to giving medicine, daily stores, &c. 151)