Aloka · masculine
light
Āloka [ā + lok, Sanskrit āloka] seeing, sight (object and subject), i.e. 1. sight, view, look S IV 128 = Snp 763; A III 236 (āloke nikkhitta laid before one's eye). anāloka without sight, blind Miln 296 (andha + a.). 2. light A I 164 (tamo vigato ā. uppanno) = It 100 (vihato); A II 139 (four lights, i.e. canda°, suriya°, agg°, paññ°, of the moon, sun, fire and wisdom); Ja II 34; Dhs 617 (opposite andhakāra); Vv-a 51 (dīp°). 3. (clear) sight, power of observation, intuition, in combination with vijjā knowledge D II 33 = S II 7 = 105, cf. Paṭis II 150 f. (obhāsaṭṭhena, Spk II 22 on II 7). 4. splendour Vv-a 53; DvA 71. -kara making light, bringing light, name light-bringer It 108; -karaṇa making light, illumining It 108; -da giving light or insight Thag 3; -dassana seeing light, i.e. perceiving Thag 422; -pharaṇa diffusing light or diffusion of light Vibh 334; Nett 89; -bahula good in sight, figurative full of foresight A III 432; -bhūta light Ja VI 459; -saññā consciousness or faculty of sight or perception D III 223; A II 45; III 93 -saññin conscious of sight, i.e. susceptible to sight or insight D III 49; M III 3; A II 211; III 92, 323; IV 437; V 207; Pp 69; -sandhi "break for the light", a slit to look through, an opening, a crack or casement Vin I 48 = II 209 = 218; II 172; III 65; IV 47; Ja IV 310; Pv-a 24.
āloka , m. (once nt. ), light , as in Skt. ; ( 1 ) fig. , see dharmāloka (-mukha); like this, -jñānālokamukha Gv 169.24 , introduction to the light of knowledge ; -pratibhānālokamukha Gv 174.13—14 ; (prajñā udapāsi) ālokaṃ ( n. sg. nt. ) prādur-abhūṣi Mv iii.332.15 illumination (of the mind) became manifested (virtually = enlightenment, true knowledge ); ( 2 ) m. , a high number: Gv 133.13 (= aloka , q.v. ). See the following items.
light, daylight; luster, brightness; insight, vision; the light of knowledge, awakening
【陽】 光。
(masc, masc, from āloketi) light; brightness; clarity light Construction: ā + √lok + a