Pāli Dictionary

āloka

āprefixlokrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

lok8देखना

Synonyms

pasāda, pabhassara, pabhāsa

Antonyms

andhakāra, tamas

general

  • प्रकाश; रोशनी; दृष्टि

  • light; brightness; daylight; sight, vision

  • SN 46.55

    seyyathā'pi, brāhmaṇa, udapatto accho vippasanno anāvilo āloke nikkhitto. tattha cakkhumā puriso sakaṃ mukhanimittaṃ paccavekkhamāno yathābhūtaṃ jāneyya passeyya.

  • DN 18

    yathā kho, mārisā, nimittāni dissanti, uḷāro āloko sañjāyati, obhāso pātubhavati, brahmā pātubhavissati

doctrine

  • अंतर्दृष्टि; ज्ञान का प्रकाश; बोध

  • insight; vision; the light of knowledge; enlightenment

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