Pāli Dictionary

loka

lokrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

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Synonyms

jana

cosmology

  • world; universe; cosmos; plane of existence

  • SN 2.26

    gamanena na pattabbo, lokass'anto kudācanaṃ, na ca appatvā lok'antaṃ, dukkhā atthi pamocanaṃ.

  • Snp 5.16

    ayaṃ loko paro loko, brahmaloko sadevako, diṭṭhiṃ te n'ābhijānāti, gotamassa yasassino.

general

  • people; population; mankind; beings of the world

  • AN 2.1-10

    dve'me, bhikkhave, dhammā sukkā lokaṃ pālenti. katame dve? hirī ca ottappañ'ca.

  • Snp 5.2

    kenassu nivuto loko, kenassu nappakāsati, kiss'ābhilepanaṃ brūsi, kiṃsu tassa mahabbhayaṃ.

doctrine

  • world of experience; the psycho-physical world (comprising aggregates, sense spheres, and elements, so called because it disintegrates)

  • AN 10.21

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, tathāgato anekadhātuṃ nānādhātuṃ lokaṃ yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Loka
Person

  • A general who ruled Rohaṇa from Kājaragāma for six years, marched against the combined forces of a rival chieftain and Kitti, later King Vijayabāhu I, was defeated at Remuna, and died soon after.

Loka2
Person

  • Son of Kassapa, later King Vikkamabāhu I, and of Lokitā; his brother was Moggallāna.

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