aloka

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. 1 Not having space (Ved.). --2 That which cannot be seen, as in lokāloka ivācalaḥ R. 1. 68 (na lokyata ityalokaḥ Malli.); see lokāloka also. --3 Having no people. --4 One who does not go to any other world after death (not hav- ing performed meritorious deeds). --kaḥ, --kaṃ 1 Not the world. --2 End or destruction of the world; absence of people; rakṣa sarvānimāllo- kān nālokaṃ kartumarhasiṃ Rām. --3 The...

[mw] m. not the world, the end of the world R. i, 37, 12 95,2 16793 m. the immaterial or spiritual world Jain. 95,2 16793.1 m. pl. (/a-lokās) not the people S3Br. xiv 95,2 16793.2 mfn. not having space, finding no place S3Br. 012274 95,2 16794

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a. 1 Not having space (Ved.). --2 That which cannot be seen, as in lokāloka ivācalaḥ R. 1. 68 (na lokyata ityalokaḥ Malli.); see lokāloka also. --3 Having no people. --4 One who...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

186

Texts Appeared In

36

DCS: of low origin

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Lalitavistara 116 62.4%
2. Mahābhārata 9 4.8%
3. Harṣacarita 6 3.2%
4. Sūryaśatakaṭīkā 6 3.2%
5. Haṃsadūta 5 2.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: āloka

  ityālokamālāyām uktaṃ tat tu satyaṃ tvādṛśām avijñeyā avijñeyatvād vaktum aśakye

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: āloke

  evaṃ saṃjātavairāgyo vijñānāloka ātmani

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: ālokaḥ

  suptasya viṣayāloko dhyāyato vā manorathaḥ