Lokayatana, Lokāyatana: 5 definitions
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Lokayatana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryLokāyatana (लोकायतन).—(nt.?), = Sanskrit lokāyata, the system so named: °ne Divyāvadāna 635.25; in [Boehtlingk and Roth] cited from Colebrooke, Essays 1.404 as personal, meaning a follower of the lokāyata (the usual Sanskrit and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] lokāyatika); it is cited from Rāmatīrtha on Sadānanda; [Boehtlingk and Roth] suggest that it is an error, and indeed a note to the 2d ed., 1.428, states that lokāyatāḥ is read in ‘the printed edition’.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLokāyatana (लोकायतन):—[from loka > lok] (l) m. a materialist, [Colebrooke]
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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 dictionaryLokāyatana (लोकायतन):—(nm) an atheist, a materialist.
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