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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viloka (विलोक).—

1) Seeing, looking at, observing; नगविलोकनविस्मितमानसः (nagavilokanavismitamānasaḥ) Ki.5.16.

2) Sight, observation; विलोकनेनैव तवामुना मुने कृतः कृतार्थोऽस्मि निवर्हितांहसा (vilokanenaiva tavāmunā mune kṛtaḥ kṛtārtho'smi nivarhitāṃhasā) Śi.1.29.

Derivable forms: vilokaḥ (विलोकः).

See also (synonyms): vilokana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viloka (विलोक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Solitary, lonely. E. vi priv., loka a person.

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

1) Viloka (विलोक):—[=vi-loka] [from vi] 1. vi-loka n. ([probably]) (for 2. See vi-√lok) absence of man (-stha mfn. living apart from the world), [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. apart from the world, solitary, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [=vi-loka] [from vi-lok] 2. vi-loka m. (for 1 -see p. 952, col. 2) a glance, view, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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. 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: Vi, Loka.

Starts with: Vilokana, Vilokanem, Vilokaniya, Vilokaniyata, Vilokaniyatva, Vilokastha, Vilokayamana, Vilokayat.

Ends with: Prithiviloka.

Full-text: Vilokana, Vilokastha, Vilokaniyata, Vilokaniyatva, Vilokya, Ulloketi, Vilokin, Prithiviloka, Vilokaniya.

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī)

Verse 2.7.27 < [Chapter 7 - Jagad-ānanda: The Bliss of the Worlds]

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