lokaH [ lokyate'sO lok-GaY ] 1 The world, a division of the universe; (roughly speaking there are three lokas svarga, pfTvI and pAtAla , but according to fuller classification the lokas are fourteen, seven higher regions rising from the earth one above the other, i. e. BUrloka, Buvarloka, svarloka , maharloka, janarloka, taparloka , and satyaloka or brahmaloka ; and seven lower regions, descending from the earth one below the other; i. e. atala, vitala , sutala, rasAtala, talAtala, mahAtala and pAtAla ). 2 The earth, terrestrial world ( BUloka ); ihaloke in this world ( opp. paratra ). 3 The human race, mankind, men, as in lokAtiga, lokottara &c. q. v. 4 The people or subjects ( opp. the king); svasuKaniraBilAzaH Kidyase lokahetoH Ś. 5. 7 ; R. 4. 8. 5 A collection, group, class, company; ( pb ) AkfzwalIlAn naralokapAlAn R. 6. 1 ; or SaSAma tena kzitipAlalokaH 7. 3. 6 A region, tract, district, province. 7 Common life, ordinary practice (of the world) lokavattu lIlAkEvalyaM Br. Sūt. II. 1. 33 ; yaTA loke kasyacidAptEzaRasya rAjYaH &c. Ś. B. (and diverse other places of the same work). 8 Common or worldly usage ( opp. Vedic usage or idiom); vedoktA vEdikAH SabdAH sidDA lokAcca lOkikAH, priyatadDitA dAkziRAtyA yaTA loke vede ceti prayoktavye yaTA lOkikavEdikezviti prayuMjate Mbh. ; (and in diverse other places); ato'smi loke vede ca praTitaH puruzottamaH Bg. 15. 18. 9 Sight, looking. 10 The number ‘seven’, or ‘fourteen’. 11 Ved. Open space; space, room. (In compounds loka is often translated by ‘universally’, ‘generally’, ‘popularly’; as lokavijYAta ; so °vidvizwa ). Comp. — akzaH space, sky. — atiga a. extraordinary, supernatural. — atiSaya a. superior to the world, extraordinary. — aDika a. extraordinary, uncommon; sarvaM paMqitarAjarAjitilakenAkAri lokADikaM Bv. 4. 44 ; Ki. 2. 47. — aDipaH 1 a king. 2 a god or deity. — aDipatiH a lord of the world. — anurAgaH ‘love of mankind’, universal love, general benevolenee, philanthropy. — aMtaraM ‘another world’, the next world, future life; R. 1. 69 ; 6. 45 ; lokAMtaraM gam . prAp &c. ‘to die.’ — apavAdaH public scandal, popular censure; lokApavAdo balavAnmato me R. 14. 40. — aBiBAvin a. 1 overcoming the world. 2 pervading the whole world (as light). — aByudayaH public weal or welfare. — ayanaH N. of Nārāyaṇa. — alokaH N. of a mythical mountain that encircles the earth and is situated beyond the sea of fresh water which surrounds the last of the seven continents; beyond lokAloka there is complete darkness, and to this side of it there is light; it thus divides the visible world from the regions of darkness; prakASaScAprakASaSca lokAloka ivAcalaH R. 1. 68 ; lokAlokavyAhataM GarmarASeH SAlInaM vA DAma nAlaM prasartuM Śi. 16. 83 ; Mv. 5. 10 , 45 ; (for further explanation see Dr. Bhāṇḍārkar's note on l. 79 of Māl. 10 th Act.). — (kO) the ( pb ) visible and the invisible world. — AcAraH common practice, popular or general custom, ways of the world; api SAstrezu kuSalA lokAcAravivarjitAH Pt. 5. 43. — Atman m. the soul of the universe. — AdiH 1 the beginning of the world. 2 the creator of the world. — Ayata a. atheistical, materialistic. — (taH) a materialist, an atheist, a follower of Cārvāka. — (taM) materialism, atheism; (for some account see the first chapter of the Sarvadarśanasamgraha). — AyatikaH an atheist, a materialist. — ISaH 1 a king (lord of the world). 2 Brahman. 3 quick-silver. — uktiH f. 1 a proverb, popular saying; Pt. 1. 371. 2 common talk, public opinion. — uttara a. extraordinary, uncommon, unusual; lokottarA ca kftiH Bv. 1. 69 , 70 ; U. 2. 7. — (raH) a king. — ekabaMDuH an epithet of Śākyamuni. — ezaRA desire for heaven. — kaMwakaH 1 a troublesome or wicked man, the curse of mankind. 2 an epithet of Rāvaṇa; see kaMwaka . — kaTA a popular legend. — kartf, -kft m. the creator of the world. — kalpa a. 1 resembling the world. 2 regarded by the world. — (lpaH) a period or age of the world. — kAMta a. liked by the people, popular; V. 5. 21. — kAraRakAraRaH an epithet of Śiva. — gatiH f. actions of men. — gATA a song handed down among people. — cakzus n. the sun. — cAritraM the ways of the world. — jananI an epithet of Lakṣmī. — jit m. 1 an epithet of Buddha. 2 any conqueror of the world. 3 a sage. — jYa a. knowing the world. — jyezWaH an epithet of Buddha. — tattvaM knowledge of mankind. — taMtraM course of the world. — tuzAraH camphor. — trayaM, -trayI the three worlds taken collectively; utKAtalokatrayaMkawake'pi R. 14. 73. — dvAraM the gate of heaven. — DAnuH a particular division of the world. — DAtf m. an epithet of Śiva. — nATaH 1 Brahman. 2 Viṣṇu. 3 Śiva. 4 a king, sovereign. 5 a Buddha. — netf m. an epithet of Śiva. — paH, -pAlaH 1 a regent or guardian of a quarter of the world; lalitABinayaM tamadya BartA marutAM drazwumanAH salokapAlaH V. 2. 18 ; ( pb ) R. 2. 75 , 12. 89 , 17. 78 ; (the lokapālas are eight; see azwadikpAla ). 2 a king, sovereign. — paktiH f. esteem of mankind, general respectability. — patiH 1 an epithet of Brahman. 2...