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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAvalokayati (अवलोकयति).—(= Pali apaloketi), (1) asks permission of (acc.): Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 3b.5 yāvad ahaṃ bhagavantam avaloka- yāmi, until I ask the Lord's permission (for the admission of nuns); Divyāvadāna 331.18 nāhaṃ svādhīna upādhyāyam avalokayata; 331.23; 511.10 rājānam avalokya; 439.22, 23 mātāpitarāv avalokya, having asked permission of my parents; (2, compare Sanskrit āpṛcchate) takes leave of, says farewell to (acc.): Divyāvadāna 4.26 gacchāmi avalokitā bhava, I am going; be greeted in farewell!; 128.2; 580.26; °to bhava Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.41.6; -bāndhavān avalokya Divyāvadāna 281.17; 524.14; (3) entrusts (acc.) with a function (compare Pali apaloketi, d, in Critical Pali Dictionary, consult): bhikṣum avalokayitvā (Tibetan bcol nas, entrusted to one's charge) gantavyaṃ yo 'sya lābhaṃ gṛhṇāti Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.97.8 (and ff.); avalokayasi (perhaps do you consult? as in Pali) tvaṃ…Upanandaṃ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.119.2 and f.
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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Ends with: Vyavalokayati.
Full-text: Oloketi.
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