The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

SnA 442 as at Ps i.122. Cp. the similar view at S iv.95: one perceives the world ("materiality": loka --
saññin and loka -- m!nin, proud of the world) with the six senses. This is called the "loka" in the logic
(vinaya) of the ariy!. -- A few similes with loka see J.P.T.S. 1907, 131. -- akkh!yik! (f., scil. kath!) talk or
speculation about (origin etc. of) the world, popular philosophy (see lok!yata and cp. Dialogues i.14) Vin
i.188; D i.8; M i.513; Miln 316; DA i.90. -- agga chief of the world. Ep. of the Buddha ThA 69 (Ap. v.11).
-- anta the end (spatial) of the world A ii.49 (na ca appatv! lokanta' dukkh! atthi pamocana'). -- antag(
one who has reached the end of the world (and of all things worldly), Ep. of an Arahant A ii.6, 49 sq.; It
115, Sn 1133; Nd2 551. -- antara the space between the single worlds J i.44 (v.253: Av"cimhi na uppajjanti,
tath! lokantaresu ca). -- antarika (scil. Niraya) a group of Nirayas or Purgatories situated in the lokantara (i.
e. cakkav!l, antaresu J i.76), 8,000 yojanas in extent, pitch dark, which were filled with light when Gotama
became the Buddha J i.76; VbhA 4; Vism 207 (lokantariya˚); SnA 59 (˚v!sa life in the l. niraya); cp. BSk.
lokântarik! Divy 204 (andh!s tamaso 'ndhak!ra -- tamisr!). -- âdhipa lord or ruler of the world A i.150. --
âdhipateyya "rule of the world," dependence on public opinion, influence of material things on man, one of
the 3 !dhipateyyas (atta˚, loka˚, dhamma˚) D iii.220; Vism 14. -- ânukamp! sympathy with the world of
men [cp. BSk. lokânugraha Divy 124 sq.] D iii.211; It 79. -- !misa worldly gain, bait of the flesh M i.156;
ii.253; Th 2, 356. -- !yata what pertains to the ordinary view (of the world), common or popular
philosophy, or as Rhys Davids (Dial. i.171) puts it: "name of a branch of Brahman learning, probably
Nature -- lore "; later worked into a quâsi system of "casuistry, sophistry." Franke, D"gha trsln 19, trsls as
"logisch beweisende Naturerklärung" (see the long note on this page, and cp. Dial. i.166 -- 172 for detail of
lok!yata). It is much the same as lok -- akkh!y(ika) or popular philosophy. D i.11, 88; Vin ii.139; Sn p.
105 (=vita*.a -- v!dasattha SnA 447, as at DA i.247); Miln 4, 10, 178; A i.163, 166; iii.223. Cp. BSk.
lok!yata Divy 630, 633, and lok!yatika ibid. 619. See also Kern's remarks at Toev. s. v. -- !yatika
(br!hma*a) one who holds the view of lok!yata or popular philosophy S ii.77 (trsln K.S. 53: a Brahmin
"wise in world -- lore"); Miln 178; J vi.486 (na seve lok!yatika'; expld as "anatthanissita' . . . vita*.a --
sall!pa' lok!yatika -- v!da' na seveyya," thus more like "sophistry" or casuistry). -- issara lord of the world
Sdhp 348. -- uttara see under lokiya. -- cint! thinking about the world, worldphilosophy or speculation S
v.447; A ii.80 (as one of the 4 acinteyy!ni or thoughts not to be thought out: buddha -- visaya, jh!na --
visaya, kamma -- vip!ka, l -- c.). Cp. BSk. laukika citta Divy 63, 77 etc. -- dhamm! (pl.) common practice,
things of the world, worldly conditions S iii.139 sq.; Sn 268 (expln loke dhamm!; y!va lokappavatti t!va --
anivattik! dhamm! ti vutta' hoti KhA 153, cp. J iii.468); Miln 146. Usually comprising a set of eight, viz.
l!bha, al!bha, yaso, ayaso, nind!, pasa's!, sukha', dukkha' D iii.260; A iv.156 sq.; v.53; Nd2 55; Ps i.22,
122; Vbh 387; Nett 162; DhA ii.157. -- dh!tu constituent or unit of the Universe, "world -- element"; a
world, sphere; another name for cakkav!la. Dasa -- sahassi -- lokadh!tu the system of the 10,000 worlds
Vin i.12; A i.227. -- D iii.114; Pv ii.961; Kvu 476; Vism 206 sq.; Vbh 336; Nd1 356 (with the stages from
one to fifty lokadh!tu's, upon which follow: sahass" c()anik! l -- dh.; dvisahass" majjhimik!; tisahass";
mah!sahass"); J i.63, 212; Miln 237; VbhA 430, 436. See also c()anik!. -- n!tha saviour of the world, Ep.
of the Buddha Sn 995; Vism 201, 234; VvA 165;
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PvA 42, 287. -- n!yaka guide or leader of the world (said of the Buddha) Sn 991; Ap 20; Mhvs 7, 1; Miln
222. -- nirodha destruction of the world It 121 (opp. ˚samudaya). -- p!la (˚devat!) guardian (governor) of
the world, which are usually sepcified as four, viz. Kuvera (=Vessava*a), Dhatara&&ha, Vir(pakkha,
Vir()haka, alias the 4 mah!r!j!no Pv i.42; J i.48 (announce the future birth of a Buddha). -- by(ha "world --
array," pl. by(h! (dev!) N. of a class of devas J i.47; Vism 415 (k!mâvacara -- deva's). -- mariy!d! the
boundary of the world VvA 72. -- vajja common sins Miln 266; KhA 190. -- va&&a "world -- round," i. e.
sa's!ra (opp. viva&&a =nibb!na) Nett 113, 119. See also va&&a. -- vidu knowing the universe, Lp. of the
Buddha D iii.76; S i.62; v.197, 343; A ii.48; Sn p. 103; Vv 3426; Pug 57; expld in full at SnA 442 and
Vism 204 sq. -- vivara*a unveiling of the universe, apocalypse, revelation Vism 392 (when humans see the
devas etc.). -- voh!ra common or general distinction, popular logic, ordinary way of speaking SnA 383,
466; VbhA 164.
Lokiya