Lokaceshta, Lokaceṣṭā, Loka-ceshta: 1 definition
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Lokaceshta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Lokaceṣṭā can be transliterated into English as Lokacesta or Lokaceshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Lokaceshta.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaLokaceṣṭā (लोकचेष्टा) refers to the “world’s behaviour”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Knowing when the dualism of things done and undone has been put to rest, or the person for whom they occur has, then you can here and now go beyond renunciation and obligations by indifference to such things. Rare indeed, my son, is the lucky man whose observation of the world’s behaviour (lokaceṣṭā) [kasyāpi tāta dhanyasya lokaceṣṭāvalokanāt] has led to the extinction of his thirst for living, thirst for pleasure and thirst for knowledge. [...]”.
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).
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Partial matches: Ceshta, Loka.
Full-text: Ceshta.
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