Alokya, Ālokya: 8 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Vedanta
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Ālokya (आलोक्य) refers to “having seen (someone)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.54 (“Description of the duties of the chaste wife”).—Accordingly, as a Brahmin lady said to Pārvatī: “[...] She who delights her husband delights all the worlds. When she sees (ālokya) her husband coming home [bāhyādāyāntamālokya] she shall hasten to serve him food and water, hand him betel and change of garments, and serve him by massaging his feet. By pleasing words she shall fascinate him and dispel his gloom. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

Ālokya (आलोक्य) refers to “observing (the drawbacks of)” (pleasant objects, etc.), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] No benefit or loss comes to me by standing, walking or lying down, so consequently I live as I please whether standing, walking or sleeping. I lose nothing by sleeping and gain nothing by effort, so consequently I live as I please, abandoning loss and success. Frequently observing (ālokya) the drawbacks of such things as pleasant objects [sukhādirūpā'niyamaṃ bhāveṣvālokya bhūriśaḥ], I live as I please, abandoning the pleasant and unpleasant”.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Alokya (अलोक्य).—a.

1) Not securing the other world or heaven; unusual, unallowed; न हैवालोक्यताया आशास्ति (na haivālokyatāyā āśāsti) Bṛ. Up. 1.3.28; यथास्योद्विजते वाचा नालोक्यां तामुदीरयेत् (yathāsyodvijate vācā nālokyāṃ tāmudīrayet) Manusmṛti 2.161.

2) Of dark nature; राजधर्मास्तथाऽलोक्यां निक्षिपन्त्यशुभां गतिम् (rājadharmāstathā'lokyāṃ nikṣipantyaśubhāṃ gatim) Manusmṛti 12.65.7. °ता (tā) unfitness for heaven.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Alokya (अलोक्य).—i. e. a-loka + ya, adj., f. yā. 1. Extraordinary. 2. Obstructing the progress to heaven, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 161.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Alokya (अलोक्य).—[adjective] unusual (lit. unwordly), unallowed; making unfit for the (other) world.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Alokya (अलोक्य):—[=a-lokya] [from a-loka] mf(ā)n. unusual, unallowed, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti ii, 161.]

2) Ālokya (आलोक्य):—[=ā-lokya] [from ā-lok] [indeclinable participle] having seen or looked at, beholding.

[Sanskrit to German]

Alokya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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