Samantaloka, Samantāloka, Samanta-aloka: 3 definitions
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Samantaloka 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: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāSamantāloka (समन्तालोक) is the name of a Bodhisattva, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then the Bodhisattva named Samantāloka thought like this: “Does this magical arrangement of the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja exist only in this world, or in other world-spheres as well?’ The Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, knowing telepathically the thought of the Bodhisattva Samatāloka, said to him: ‘Son of good family, if you gain the divine sight which is completely clear and pure, son of good family, you can look at whatever can be seen in the world-spheres of ten directions’. [...]”
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 DictionarySamantāloka (समन्तालोक).—(1) m. or nt. (having splendor, āloka, all around), a kind of gem: Mahāvastu ii.310.17; (2) name of a samādhi: Mahāvyutpatti 562; Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 1420.2; (3) name of a Bodhisattva: Kāśyapa Parivarta 150.1 ff. (prose).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySamantāloka (समन्तालोक):—[from sam-anta] m. a [particular] Samādhi, [ib.]
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)
Partial matches: Aloka, Samanta.
Full-text: Ashcaryaprapta, Divyacakshus, Parivitarka, Vyuha, Ashcarya, Cetahparivitarka, Ratnavarsha.
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Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - The genealogy of Mahāsammata < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXX - The second Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]