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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avalok (अवलोक्).—1 A. or 1 P.

1) To see, behold, view, look at; observe (lit.); नोलूकोप्यवलोकते यदि दिवा सूर्यस्य किं दूषणम् (nolūkopyavalokate yadi divā sūryasya kiṃ dūṣaṇam) Bhartṛhari 2.93; परिक्रम्यावलोक्य च (parikramyāvalokya ca) (in dramas); सलिलेष्ववलोकयत इवात्मानं प्रतिष्ठानस्य (salileṣvavalokayata ivātmānaṃ pratiṣṭhānasya) V.2 being reflected in; मार्गं (mārgaṃ) or वर्त्म अवलोक् (vartma avalok) to wait for; प्रयोगम् (prayogam) witness a performance; M.2; निमित्तानि अवलोकयेत् (nimittāni avalokayet) Bṛ. S.53. 15; look out for, seek; consult (as opinions).

2) To look at or see (in astron.); exercise influence upon; सुरपतिगुरुणावलोकिते (surapatiguruṇāvalokite) Bṛ. S.5.62; शुक्रवाचस्पतिभ्यां च तव भार्यावलोकिता (śukravācaspatibhyāṃ ca tava bhāryāvalokitā) Mārk. P.

3) To find,; observe, see; be aware of, meditate or reflect upon; आत्मानमात्मन्य- वलोकयन्तम् (ātmānamātmanya- valokayantam) Kumārasambhava 3.5; R.8.74; 11.67.

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

Avalok (अवलोक्).—& samava look, look at, contemplate, see, mark, perceive.

Avalok is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ava and lok (लोक्).

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

Avalok (अवलोक्):—[=ava-√lok] [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] -lokate, to look, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Hitopadeśa] : [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] -lokayati (p. -lokayat; [indeclinable participle] -lokya) to look upon or at, view, behold, see, notice, observe, [Mahābhārata etc.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Avalok (अवलोक्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avalea.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Avalok in Hindi refers in English to:—[[~kana]] (nm) seeing, beholding, viewing; perusal; scanning; ~[kaniya, ~kya] worth seeing; ~[kita] seen, beholded; perused..—avalok (अवलोक) is alternatively transliterated as Avaloka.

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Partial matches: Lok, Ava.

Starts with (+13): Avaloka, Avalokaka, Avalokalava, Avalokana, Avalokanagriha, Avalokanaka, Avalokanartha, Avalokanasutra, Avalokanem, Avalokani, Avalokaniya, Avalokapara, Avalokayati, Avalokayitar, Avalokayitavya, Avalokayitri, Avalokeshu, Avaloki, Avalokin, Avalokini.

Ends with: Samavalok.

Full-text: Avaloka, Avalokayitri, Avalokaka, Avalea, Avalokana, Avalokiteshvara, Oloketi, Voloketi, Avalokanaka, Avalokayitavya, Avalokaniya, Avalokitavrata, Avalokya, Avalokita, Avalokin, Avalokeshu, Samavalok.

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