Lokavacana, Loka-vacana: 6 definitions

Introduction
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Pali
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Introduction:

Lokavacana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Lokavachana.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Lokavacana (लोकवचन).—a popular rumour or report.

Derivable forms: lokavacanam (लोकवचनम्).

Lokavacana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loka and vacana (वचन).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lokavacana (लोकवचन).—[neuter] vāda [masculine] the talk of the world.

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

Lokavacana (लोकवचन):—[=loka-vacana] [from loka > lok] n. people’s talk public rumour, [Pañcatantra]

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

Lokavacana (लोकवचन):—n. das Gerede der Leute [Pañcatantra 185, 15.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

context information

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.

Pali-English dictionary

lokavacana (လောကဝစန) [(na) (န)]—
[loka+vacana]
[လောက+ဝစန]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

lokavacana—

(Burmese text): လောကသဒ္ဒါ။

(Auto-Translation): World Dharma.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

context information

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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Prayaga-Mahatmya: A Study < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]