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Loka 45 Loka
sions as to whether loka is sassata or antava are found
e. g. at M 1.426, 484 ; 11.233 ; S in. 182, 204 ; iv.286 sq. ;
A n.41 ; V.31, 186 sq. ; Ps 1.123, 151 sq. ; Vbh 340;
Dhs 1 1 7. Views on consistency of the world (eternal
1
or finite; created or evolved etc.) at D in. 137; op.
S n.ig sq. Cp. also the long and interesting discussion
of loka as sufiAa at S iv.54 sq. ; Ps 11. i 77 sq. ; Nd^ 680 ;
— as well as M 11.68 (upaniyati loko* addhuvo, and
" attano loko, assakoloko"etc.) " ; lokassa anto" is lit.
unattainable :
A
11.50 = 5 1.62 ; iv.93 ; but the Arahant
is " —• lok'antagu." cp. A iv.430. As regards their order
in space (or " plane ") there are var. groupings of var.
worlds, the evidently popular one being that the world
of the devas is above and the nirayas below the world of
man (which is " tiriyag vapi majjhe ") ; Nd^ 550. The
world of men is as ayai] loko contrasted with the beyond,
or pare loko: D ni.181 ; S iv.348 sq. ; A 1.269; iv.226 ;
(n'asigsati lokarj imar) paraii ca) ; or as idha-
Sn 779
lokaDiii.105. Thedef of ayat] loko at Nd' 60 is given
as: sak'attabhava, saka-rupa-vedana etc., ajjhatt'
parattabhava,
ayatanani, manussa-loka, kamadhatu ; with which is
contrasted paro loko as :
para-rupavedana,
bahir'ayatanani, devaloka, rupa- & arupadhatu.
— The rise and decay of this world is referred to
as samudaya and atthangama at S n.73; in. 135;
IV.86 ; A v,i07. — Cp. D in. 33 (atta ca loko ca) ; Mhvs
I, 5 (lokar) dukkhapamocetui)) ; 28, 4 (loko'yar) pilito)
PvA I (vijja-carana-sampannai) yena niyanti lokato).
-.— Other divisions of var. kinds of " planes " are e. g.
deva" A 1.115, 153; in. 414 sq. ; Brahnia° Vbh 421;
Mhvs 19. 45 ; Yama° Dh ; 44 S 1.34; nara° Mhvs 5, 282.
See also each sep. head-word, also peta° & manussa°. —
The division at Nd' 550 is as follows : niraya", tiracchana",
pittivisaya", manussa", deva° ( = material);
upon which follow khandha", dhatu", ayatana" ( = immaterial).
Similarly at Nd' 29. where apaya° takes the
place of niraya", tiracchana", pittivisaj'a°. — Another
threefold division is sankhara°, satta°, okasa° at Vism
204, with expl" " : sabbe satta ahara-tthitika " ti =
sankharaloka " ; sassato loko ti va asassato loko " ti =
sattaloka; " yavata candiraa-suriya pariharanti disa
'bhanti virocamana " etc. (=M 1.328; A 1.227; cp.
J 1. 32) =okasaloka. The same expl" 1
SnA 442. — Another as kama°, riipa°,
in detail at
arupa°: see
under rupa ; another as kilesa°, bhava°, indriya° at
Nett II, 19. Cp. sankhara-loka VbhA 456 ; dasa lokadhatuyo
(see below) S 1.26. — 3. Ordinary & applied
meaning. — (a) division of the world, worldly things
S I.I, 24 (loke visattika attachment to this world ; opp.
sabba-loke anabhirati S v. 132). — -loke in this world,
among men, here D in. 196 (ye nibbuta loke); It 78
(loke uppajjati); DA 1.173 (id.); Vbh loi (yag loke
piya-rupag etc.); Pv n.i" ( = idar) C); KhA 15, 215.
See also the difi. def" of loke at Nd* 552. — loka collec-
tively " one, man " : kicchag loko apanno jayati ca
jiyati ca, etc. D 11.30. Also "people": Lanka-Ioka
people of Ceylon Mhvs 19, 85 ; cp. jana in similar mean-
ing. Derived from this meaning is the use in cpds. ("-)
as " usual, every day, popular, common " : see e. g.
"ayata, "vajja, "vohara. — (6) "thing of the world,"
material element, physical or worldly quality, sphere
or category (of " materiality "). This category of loka
is referred to at Vbh 193, which is expl"" at VbhA 220 as
follows " : ettha yo ayar) ajjhatt' adi bhedo kayo pariggahito,
so eva idha-loko nama." In this sense 13
groups are classified according to the number of constituents
in each group (1-12 and No. 18); they are
given at Nd* 551 (under lokantagu Sn 1 133) as follows :
(i) bhavaloka ; (2) sampatti bhavaloka, vipatti bhavaloka
; (3) vedana ; (4) ahara ; (5) up&dana-kkhandha ;
(6) ajjhattikani ayatanini (their rise & decay as
"lokassa samudaya & atthangama" at S iv.87) ; (7)
viftnanatthitiyo ; (8) loka-dhamma ; (9) satt'avasa
(10) upakkilesa : (11) kamabhava ; (12) ayatanani;
(18) dhatuyo. They are repeated at Ps 1.122=174,
with (i) as " sabbe satta ahara-tthitika; (2) namaii ca
rupaii ca ; and the remainder the same. Also at Vism
205 and at SnA 442 as at Ps 1.122. Cp. the similar
view at S iv.95 : one perceives the world (" materiality" :
loka-saiinin and loka-manin, proud of the world) with
the six senses. This is called the " loka " in the logic
(vinaya) of the ariya. — A few similes with loka see
J.P.T.S. 1907. 131-
-akkhayika (f., scil. katha) talk or speculation about
(origin etc. of) the world, popular philosophy (see
lokayata and cp. Dialogues 1.14) Vin 1.188; D 1.8;
M 1.513; Miln 316; DA 1.90. -agga chief of the world.
Ep. of the Buddha ThA 69 (Ap. v. 1
1 ). -anta the end
(spatial) of the world A 11.49 (na ca appatva lokantag
dukkha atthi pamocanai)). -antagii one who has
reached the end of the world (and of all things worldly).
Ep. of an Arahant A 11. 6, 49 sq. ; It 115, Sn 1133; Nd^
551. -antara the space between the single worlds
J 1.44 (v. 253 ; Avicimhi na uppajjanti, tatha lokantaresu
ca). -antarika (scil. Niraya) a group of Nirayas
or Purgatories situated in the lokantara (i. e. cakkaval.
antaresu J 1.76), 8,000 yojanas in extent, pitch dark,
which were filled with light when Gotama became the
Buddha J 1.76; VbhA 4; Vism 207 (lokantariya° )
SnA 59 (°vasa life in the I. niraya) ;
cp. BSk. lokantarika
Divy 204 (andhas tamaso 'ndhakara-tamisra).
-adhipa lord or ruler of the world A 1.150. -adhipateyya
" rule of the world," dependence on public
opinion, influence of material things on man, one of the
3 adhipateyyas (atta°, loka°, dhamma") D in. 220 ;
Vism 1 4. -anukampa sympathy with the world of men
[cp. BSk. lokanugraha Divy 124 sq.] D 111.2 11 ; It 79.
-amisa worldly gain, bait of the flesh M 1.156 ; 11.253 ;
Th 2, 356. -ayata what pertains to the ordinary view
(of the world), common or popular philosophy, or as
" name of a branch
Rhys Davids (Dial. 1.171) puts it :
of Brahman learning, probably Nature-lore " later
;
worked into a quasi system of " casuistry, sophistry."
Franke, Dlgha trsl' 19, trsl» as " logisch beweisende
Naturerklarung " (see the long note on this page, and
cp. Dial. 1. 166-172 for detail of lokayata). It is much
the same as lok-akkhay(ika) or popular philosophy. —
D I. II, 88; Vin 11.139; Sn p. 105 (= vitanda-vadasattha
SnA 447, as at DA 1.247); Miln 4, 10, 178; A
1. 163, 166; in. 223. Cp. BSk. lokayata Divy 630, 633.
and lokayatika ibid. 619. See also Kern's remarks at
Toev. s. V. -ayatika (brahmana) one who holds the
view of lokayata or popular philosophy S 1177 (trsl"
K.S. 53 : a Brahmin " wise in world-lore ") Miln ; 178 ;
J VI. 486 (na seve lokayatikag ; expl'' as " anatthanissitag
. . . vitanda-sallapag lokayatika-vadag na
seveyya," thus more like "sophistry" or casuistry).
-issara lord of the world Sdhp 348. -uttara see under
lokiya. -cinta thinking about the world, worldphilosophy
or speculation S v,447 ; A 11.80 (as one of
the 4 acinteyyani or thoughts not to be thought out
Cp.
buddha-visaya, jhana-visaya, kamma-vipaka, 1-c. ).
BSk. laukika citta Divy 63, 77 etc. -dhamma (pi.)
common practice, things of the world, worldly conditions
S III. 139 sq. ; Sn 268 (expl" loke dhamma yava
;
lokappavatti tava-anivattika dhamma ti vuttag hoti
KhA 153, cp. J III. 468); Miln 146. Usually comprising
a set of eight, viz. labha, alabha, yaso, ayaso, ninda.
pasagsa, sukhag, dukkhag D in. 260; A iv.156 sq. ;
V.53 ; Nd^ 55 ; Ps 1.22. 122 ; Vbh 387 ; Nett 162 DhA
;
n.157. -dhatu constituent or unit of the Universe,
" world-element " ; a world, sphere ; another name for
cakkavala. Dasa-sahassi-lokadhatu the system of the
10,000 worlds Vin 1. 12 ; A 1.227. — D iii.i 14 ; Pv 11.9" ;
Kvu 476 ; Vism 206 sq. ; Vbh ; 336 Nd' 356 (with the
stages from one to fifty lokadh&tu's, upon which follow :
sahassi culanikS. 1-dh. ; dvisahassi majjhimika ; tisahassi
; mahasahassi) ; J 1.63, 2 12 ; Miln 237 ; VbhA 430,
436. See also culanikci. -natha saviour of the world,
Ep. of the Buddha Sn 995 ; Vism 201, 234 ; VvA 165 ;