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    See also aroka, arokaḥ.


    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 58, col. 1.
    a-loka (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Desolate.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 87, col. 1.
    aloka a-loka, as, m. (rt. lok), not the

    world; the end of the world; the immaterial or

    spiritual world; not the people; (as, ā, am), not

    having space, finding no place.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 174, col. 1.
    aloka 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 having performed meritorious deeds).

    — kaḥ, kaṃ

    1 Not the world.

    2 End or destruction of the world; absence of people; rakṣa sarvānimāllom̐kān nālokaṃ kartumarhasiṃ Rām.

    3 The immaterial or spiritual world.

    4 The nether world (pātāla).

    5 A Ṛtvij or any such priest.

    6 One who is not a seer or observer.

    — kā (pb) A kind of bird.

    Comp.

    — sāmānya a. extraordinary, uncommon; °guṇastanūjaḥ Māl. 1. 10.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 44.
    1 áloka m. not the world, the end of the world.
    ☞ p. 44.
    2 aloká a. finding no place.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 95, col. 2.
    a-loka m. ‘not the world’, the end of the world, R. i, 37, 12
    ☞ p. 95, col. 2.
    the immaterial or spiritual world, Jain.
    ☞ p. 95, col. 2.
    (á-lokās), m. pl. not the people, ŚBr. xiv
    ☞ p. 95, col. 2.
    a-loká mfn. not having space, finding no place, ŚBr.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 236.
    aloka 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 having performed meritorious deeds). -5 Beyond space (lokātīta parabrahma); paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāmalokaṃ samapadyata Bhāg.6.12.35. -kaḥ, -kam 1 Not the world. -2 End of, destruction of the world; absence of people; rakṣa sarvānimāँllokān nālokaṃ kartumarhasi Rām. -3 The immaterial or spiritual world. -4 The nether world (pātāla). -5 A Ritvij or any such priest. -6 One who is not a seer or observer. -kā A kind of bird. -Comp. -vratam Religious practice like brahmacaryaḥ carantyalokavratamavraṇaṃ vane Bhāg.8.3.7. -sāmānya a. extraordinary, uncommon; ˚guṇastanūjaḥ Māl.1.10.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 84, col. 1.
    a-loka- m. absence (fin) du monde; pl. qui n'est pas le peuple; a. invisible.

    °vrata- nt. manière de vivre anormale.

    °sāmānya- a. qui n'est pas propre à l'homme ordinaire.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 462.
    1. áloka (3. a + loka) m.

    1) Nichtwelt, das Aufhören der Welt: trailokyahitakāmārthaṃ tejastejasi dhāraya . rakṣa sarvānimāllokānnālokaṃ kartumarhasi .. R. 1, 37, 12.

    — 2) die übersinnliche Welt H. 1365. alokākāśa der Aufenthaltsort der Entfesselten (bei den Jaina) COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 386.

    — 3) pl. Nicht - Leute ŚAT. BR. 14, 7, 1, 22 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4, 3, 22.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 462.
    2. aloká (wie eben) adj. f. ā nicht Raum habend, keine Stelle findend: alokā iṣṭakā upadadhyādiṣṭakā lokānatiricyeran ŚAT. BR. 6, 2, 2, 28. yadi vā ṛtvijo 'lokā bhavantyaloka u tarhi yajamāna ubhaye hi samānalokā bhavanti 9, 5, 2, 16.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 118, col. 3.
    1. áloka m.

    — 1) Nichtwelt , Untergang der Welt.

    — 2) Nicht-Leute.

    — 3) *die übersinnliche Welt.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 118, col. 3.
    2. aloká Adj. nicht Raum habend , keine Stelle findend.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 412, col. 1.
    aloka pu0 na lokyate loka—karmmaṇi ghañ . asmadādi-
    bhiradṛśye 1 pātālādau 2 adṛśyamātre tri0 “lokāloka-
    ivācalaḥ” raghuḥ . lokālokaśabde vivṛtiḥ . 3 lokaśūnye
    nirjjane tri0 3 lokaśūnye rahasi ca na0 “rakṣa sarvvānimān
    lokān nālokaṃ karttumarhasi” rā0 . lokasyābhāvaḥ abhāve
    avyayī0 . 4 lokābhāve avya0 . nāsti lokobhogyaloko
    yasya . 5 akṛtapuṇye tri0 6 ṛtvigādau 7 alokā ṛtvijaḥ
    śata0 brā0 teṣāṃ dakṣiṇāgrahaṇena puṇyabhagitvābhāvāt ca
    bhogyalokaśūnyatvam . 7 iṣṭakābhede strī alokā iṣṭakā
    upadadhāti” . lokate kartari ac . 8 darśakabhinne .

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 116.
    Aloka — attained by Vṛtra.

    Bhā. VI. 12. 35; Br. II. 19. 153.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 68, col. 2.
    aloka , m., a high number: Mvy 7869 (cited from

    Gv) = Tib. śugs sbyoṅ, or śugs ḥphyo (the latter also

    renders heluga, q.v.); in Gv 133.13 āloka, m.; but in Gv

    106.3 sattva-lokasya, for which certainly read sattvāloka-

    sya.