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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vyavalokayati (व्यवलोकयति).—rarely °te (= Pali voloketi; compare prec. and next, also vyapalo°), looks closely (at), examines care- fully, in physical or intellectual sense, the two being sometimes indistinguishable: °yata (Tibetan ltos, impv.) mārṣā bodhisattvasya kāyaṃ Lalitavistara 30.20, and °yata… daśadikṣu…bodhisattvān 21, behold! (physically); (Asita speaks) yan nv ahaṃ °yeyam iti, sa divyena cakṣuṣā… adrākṣīt Lalitavistara 101.5; siṃhāvalokitaṃ mahāpuruṣāvalokitaṃ °yati sma Lalitavistara 84.5, gazed the gaze of a lion, of a Great Man; but intellectually just below, (sarvasattvānāṃ ca citta- caritaṃ [ca, omit with ms. A] prajānāti sma, jñātvā) ca °yati sma Lalitavistara 84.10, reflected, considered (quotation follows of question he asked himself); sa narakān °yitum ārabdho, na paśyati…Divyāvadāna 83.4; (Buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ) °yanti 95.25; (Bhagavān…) nāgāvalokitena °yati 208.17; cāturdvīpikaṃ °yituṃ pravṛttaḥ, tatrāpi nādrākṣīt Avadāna-śataka i.258.3; nānāvāsaṃ °yitavyaṃ Kāraṇḍavvūha 96.8, is to be (physically) inspected; °yantu māṃ Buddhāḥ Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 30.7, cited Śikṣāsamuccaya 162.15, (physically) examine; sarvadharmārthagatiṃ (Tibetan don gyi = artha, in gen. relation to rim pa = gati, series or method) ca tathāgato °yati (Tibetan gzigs, see, both phys. and intellectually) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 121.7; anusaran °kayan pratipadya- mānaḥ Daśabhūmikasūtra 47.19, of Buddhas passing from 5th to 6th bhūmi; lokasya saṃbhavaṃ ca vibhavaṃ ca °yate 47.24 (same situation); (dharmāṇāṃ…hetuphalavyavasthā- naṃ…) °yati, °lokya kāmadhātāv eva sabhāge dhātāv… Bodhisattvabhūmi 397.28 (here app. intellectually); (puruṣaḥ…na) °yitavyaḥ Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 24a.4, cited s.v. upanidhyāyati (could be both physical and intellectual); °yadhvaṃ bhikṣavo vyavacārayadhvaṃ, yad yuṣmākaṃ nirvāṇaṃ naiva nirvāṇam Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 189.9.

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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.

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