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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryrocati : (ruc + a) shines.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryRocati, (Vedic rocate, ruc, Idg. *leuq, as in Lat. luceo to be bright (cp. lūx light, lūmen, lūna etc.); Sk. rocana splendid, ruci light, roka & rukṣa light; Av. raocantshining; Gr. amfi-lu/kh twi-light, leukόs white; also with 1: Sk. loka world, locate to perceive, locana eye; Lith. laukti to await; Goth. liuhap light=Ohg. lioht, E. light; Oir lōche lightning.—The Dhtp (& Dhtm) gives 2 roots ruc, viz. the one with meaning “ditti” (Dhtp 37), the other as “rocana” (Dhtp 395), both signifying “light” or “splendour, ” but the second probably to be taken in sense of “pleasing”) 1. to please, i.e. it pleases (with Dat. of person) Th. 2, 415 (rocate); Mhvs 15, 9 (nivāso rocatu). Cp. BSk. rocyate AvŚ II. 158.—2. to find pleasure in (Loc.) Miln. 338 (bhave).—Caus. roceti: 1. to be pleased, to give one’s consent DhA. I, 387 (gloss K rucitha ruceyyātha). ‹-› 2. (with Acc. of object) to find pleasing, to find delight in, to be attached to, to approve of, to choose S. I, 41 (vadhaṃ); J. I, 142 (Devadattassa laddhiṃ r.); V, 178 (pabbajjaṃ roc’ahaṃ=rocemi C.), 226 (kammaṃ). ‹-› frequent with dhammaṃ to approve of a doctrine or scheme, e.g. at Vin. II, 199 (Devadattassa dhammaṃ); S. I, 133; Sn. 94 (asataṃ dh.), 398 (dhammaṃ imaṃ rocaye); J. IV, 53 (dh. asataṃ na rocayāma).—Cp. abhi°, ā°, vi°. (Page 576)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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