Lokavid: 6 definitions
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Lokavid means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraLokavid (लोकविद्) is a synonym for the Buddha according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter IV). Why is he called Lou kia pai (Lokavid)? Loka means world and vid means to know. The expression “Lokavid” thus means “Knower of the world”.
According to the Visuddhimagga:—“The Buddha knows the world of the formations (sankhāraloka), the world of beings (sattaloka) and the world of space (okāsaloka) with all their subdivisions”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryLokavid (लोकविद्).—world-knowing, a standard epithet of a Buddha: Mahāvyutpatti 8, etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLokavid (लोकविद्).—1. [adjective] having or granting room.
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Lokavid (लोकविद्).—2. [adjective] knowing the world.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lokavid (लोकविद्):—[=loka-vid] [from loka > lok] mfn. possessing or affording space or freedom, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] knowing the w°, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] kn° or understanding the world (Name of a Buddha), [Buddhist literature]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Lokavidambana, Lokavidhi, Lokavidu, Lokavidvishta.
Ends with: Sarvalokavid.
Full-text: Lokavindu, Sarvalokavid, Shashvata, Acyuta, Cyuta, Ashashvata, Akashasama, Tirthikajnana, Ten Buddha Titles, Adhipateya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 7 - Why is the Buddha called Lokavid < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
I. Recollection of the Buddha (1): The ten names (adhivacana) < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]
Act 10.6: Samantaraśmi and his entourage pay homage to Śākyamuni < [Chapter XV - The Arrival of the Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Charles Luk)
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva fundamental vow sutra (by Johnny Yu)
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XXIII - On Pure Actions (c) < [Section Four]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)