Alok, Ālok: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Alok means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Alok in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Bischofia javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bischofi a cumingiana Decaisne (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hooker’s Icones Plantarum (1851)
· Asian Journal of Chemistry (5150)
· Voyage dans l’Inde (1844)
· Species Plantarum
· Pharmacologyonline
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Alok, for example diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀlok (आलोक्).—1 Ā., 1 P.
1) To see, perceive, behold; त्वन्मार्गमालोकते (tvanmārgamālokate) S. D.; अथालुलोके तपोवनम् (athāluloke tapovanam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.24; used in an astrological sense also.
2) To consider, regard, contemplate; तृणमिव जगज्जालमालोकयामः (tṛṇamiva jagajjālamālokayāmaḥ) Bhartṛhari 3.66.
3) To express congratulations, greet; इति वीरलोक आलोकयितुं प्रवृत्तः (iti vīraloka ālokayituṃ pravṛttaḥ) Ve.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀlok (आलोक्).—& samā look at, behold, consider, regard, examine, investigate, perceive, learn, know as (2 [accusative]).
Ālok is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and lok (लोक्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀlok (आलोक्):—[=ā-√lok] [Ātmanepada] -lokate, to look at, [Hitopadeśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara];
—to descry, behold, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :
—[Causal] -lokayati, to see, look at or upon, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Raghuvaṃśa; Śakuntalā] etc.;
—to consider;
—to prove, [Rāmāyaṇa; Manu-smṛti] etc.;
—to descry, behold, perceive;
—to know, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Hitopadeśa; Pañcatantra etc.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ālok (आलोक्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ālea.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAlok in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) light; lustre; enlightenment..—alok (आलोक) is alternatively transliterated as Āloka.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+50): Aalokancho, Aloka, Aloka Kasina, Aloka Sutta, Aloka-sanna, Alokabahula, Alokabhuta, Alokada, Alokadassana, Alokagadadhari, Alokaka, Alokakara, Alokakarana, Alokakash, Alokakash Dravya, Alokakasha, Alokalabdha, Alokalabha, Alokalena, Alokam.
Ends with: Avalok, Balok, Balok-balok, Lia bukei salok, Martyalok, Pralok, Red shalok, Samalok, Samavalok, Sampalok, Talob-alok, Udu alok.
Full-text (+2): Alokana, Aloka, Aloketi, Alokaka, Udu alok, Talob-alok, Alokin, Alokavat, Alokasthana, Alokamarga, Alea, Alokasuvegadhvaja, Alokapatha, Alokaniyata, Alokagadadhari, Samalok, Alokita, Alokakara, Alokya, Lokapala.
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