Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

āloka आलोक – light; illumination; radiance

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

light; illumination; radiance

Derived from

  1. ā आ previx — towards; near; intensifying
  2. lok लोक् verbal root — see; behold
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

āloka ·m. sight, view, glance, aspect.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Ā-loka, as, m. looking, seeing, beholding, sight, aspect; light, lustre splendor; flattery, praise, com- plimentary language, panegyric; section, chapter.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āloka (von lok mit ā) m. 1〉 das Sehen, Blicken, Hinsehen, Ansehen, Erblicken, Anblick AK. 3,4,3. AK. 3,3,31, v. l. H. an. 3,7. MED. k. 47. ālokāya niśāsu candrakiraṇāḥ ŚĀNTIŚ. 4,6. MṚCCH. 14,13. KUMĀRAS. 7,46. pāvanāloka dessen Anblick reinigt KATHĀS. 10,204. yadāloke sūkṣmaṃ vrajati sahasā tadvipulatām ŚĀK. 9. ruddhāloke narapatipathe sūcibhedyaistamobhiḥ MEGH. 38. āloke te (obj.) MEGH. 83. sthitā te (subj.) dūrāloke VIKR. 109. mit dem obj. comp.: malino hi yathādarśo rūpālokasya na kṣamaḥ YĀJÑ. 3,141. stryāloka YĀJÑ. 3,157. syandanālokabhīta ŚĀK. 32. RAGH. 1,84. MEGH. 3. KATHĀS. 18,15. pārśvāloka SĀH. D. 70,21. ālokamārgaṃ (von wo man Etwas sehen kann) sahasā vrajantyā RAGH. 7,6 (= KUMĀRAS. 7,57). janāstadālokapathātpratisaṃhṛtacakṣuṣaḥ RAGH. 15,78. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā VIKR. 11: (sakhyaḥ) unmukhanayanālokāḥ, VIKR. 109: sukhālokā. — 2〉 Licht, heller Schein, Schein AK. 3,4,3. H. 101. H. an. MED. dadṛśurālokaṃ sūryasaṃnibham R. 4,50,25. R. 4,51,23. dīpikāgnikṛtālokaḥ MBH. 1,5438. labdhāloka MBH. 3,817. ālokamapi rāmasya na paśyanti sma nicht einmal einen Schimmer, eine Spur von Rāma R. 2,47,2. rajaścoddhūya sumahatpakṣavātena khecaraḥ kṛtvā lokānnirālokān MBH. 1,1475. MBH. 1,29. — 3〉 Lobpreis, Schmeichelei H. an. MED. HĀR. 149. udīrayāmāsurivonmadānāmālokaśabdaṃ vayasāṃ virāvaiḥ RAGH. 2,9. — 4〉 Abschnitt, Kapitel Verz. d. B. H. No. 819. Verz. d. B. H. No. 823.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

āloka 1〉 so 'haṃ deśāntarālokakautukānnirgato gṛhāt KATHĀS. 104. KATHĀS. 83. — 1〉 2〉 Spr. 3937. — 2〉 KATHĀS. 73,281. KATHĀS. 75,50. KATHĀS. 91,57. śatahrādasaṃpātamiva kṣaṇamālokamādarśayam DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 186,15. ratnāloka Spr. 3582. dīpālokapradānena (ein brennendes Licht) cakṣuṣmānbhavate naraḥ MBH. 13,2947. ālokadāna dass. MBH. 13,4677. MBH. 13,4726. pravṛttyāloka, pravṛttirviṣayavatī jyotiṣmatī ca . tasyāṃ yo 'sāvālokaḥ sāttvikaprakāśaprasaraḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 230,b,27. fgg. anālokeṣu lokeṣu somavatsa virājate in dunklen Welten MBH. 13,3261. anālokeṣu ālokāntaravarjiteṣu svayaṃprakāśeṣu NĪLAK. ˚kara Licht verbreitend über: lokasyālokakaraḥ śāstraśaśāṅkaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 106,1. — 5〉 Titel eines Werkes, = maṇyāloka HALL 38. — Vgl. durāloka, nirāloka.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āloka m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Sehen, Hinsehen, Erblicken, Hinblick, Anblick. — 2〉 Licht, heller Schein. — 3〉 ein Schimmer —, eine Spur von (Gen.) — 4〉 Lobpreis. — 5〉 Abschnitt, Kapitel in [Page1-188-a] Werken, die im Titel ein Wort wie Leuchte oder Licht enthalten. — 6〉 Titel eines Werkes.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

ālokaḥ, -kanaṃ 1 Seeing, beholding. 2 Sight, aspect, appearance; yadāloke sūkṣmaṃ Ś. 1. 9; Ku. 7. 22, Ku. 7. 46; ([Page 0259-c]) sukha˚ V. 4. 24; Ś. 1. 33; R. 1. 84; Me. 3, Me. 37. 3 Range of sight; āloke te nipatati purā sā balivyākulā vā Me. 85; R. 7. 5; Ku. 2. 45. 4 Light, lustre, splendour; ālokamārgaṃ sahasā vrajaṃtyā R. 7. 6 air-hole, or window; nirālokaṃ lokaṃ Māl. 5. 30; Māl. 9. 37; Māl. 10. 4, Māl. 10. 11; Ve. 2; K. 160, K. 290, K. 348, K. 68, K. 98. 5 Panegyric, praise, complimentary language; especially, a word of praise uttered by a bard (such as jaya, ālokaya); yayāvudīritālokaḥ R. 17. 27, R. 2. 9; K. 14. 6 Section, chapter.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

āloka m. das Schauen, der Anblick.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

āloka m. vue, aspect. Regard; observation.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 3.5–8: Stages of Saṃyama 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.23–25: Powers and Distant Knowledge 1 occurrence

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 18–21: Śakti and Śiva 1 occurrence

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VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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