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Leḍḍuka Loka

Leḍḍuka=leḍḍu; Vism 28. sive sense of "universe." Sometimes the term is applied col-
lectively to the creatures inhabiting this or var. other worlds,
Leṇa (& lena) (nt.) [*Sk. layana, fr. lī in meaning "to hide," cp.
thus, "man, mankind, people, beings." — Loka is not a fixed
Prk. leṇa] 1. a cave (in a rock), a mountain cave, used by as-
& def. term. It comprises immateriality as well as materiality
cetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock
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cell. Often enum with kuṭi & guhā, e. g. Vin iv.48; Miln and emphasizes either one or the other meaning according to
the view applied to the object or category in question. Thus
151; Vbh 251 (n.). At Vin ii.146 it is given as collective name n
a trsl of "sphere, plane, division, order" interchanges with
for 5 kinds of hermitages, viz. vihāra, aḍḍhayoga, pāsāda,
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hammiya, guhā. The expl of leṇa at VbhA 366 runs as fol- "world." Whenever the spatial element prevails we speak of
its "regional" meaning as contrasted with "applied" meaning.
lows: "pabbataṁ khaṇitvā vā pabbhārassa appahonakaṭṭhāne
The fundamental notion however is that of substantiality, to
kuḍḍaṁ uṭṭhāpetvā vā katasenāsanaṁ," i. e. opportunity for
which is closely related the specific Buddhist notion of im-
sitting & lying made by digging (a cave) in a mountain or by
permanence (loka=lujjati). — 1. Universe: the distinctions
erecting a wall where the cave is insufficient (so as to make
between the universe (cp. cakkavāḷa) as a larger whole and
the rest of it habitable). Cp. Vin i.206=iii.248 (pabbhāraṁ
the world as a smaller unit are fluctuating & not definite. A
sodhāpeti leṇaṁ kattukāmo) Mhvs 16, 12; 28, 31 sq. (n); Miln
somewhat wider sphere is perhaps indicated by sabba-loka
200 (mahā°). — 2. refuge, shelter, (fig.) salvation (sometimes
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in sense of nibbāna). In this meaning often comb with tāṇa (e. g. S i.12; iv.127, 312; v.132; It 122; Mhvs 1, 44; cp.
& saraṇa, e. g. at D i.95; S iv.315 (maṁ — leṇa refuge with sabbāvanta loka D i.251; iii.224), otherwise even the smaller
loka comprises var. realms of creation. Another larger di-
me;+maṁtāṇa); iv.372 (=nibbāna); A i.155 sq. (n); J ii.253;
vision is that of loka as sadevaka, samāraka, sabrahmaka,
DA i.232. Cp. Vin iii.155. leṇ'atthaṁ for refuge Vin ii.164
(n); J i.94. — aleṇa without a refuge Ps i.127; ii.238; Pv ii.2 5 or the world with its devas, its Māra and its Brahmā, e. g.
S i.160, 168, 207; ii.170; iii.28, 59; iv.158; v.204; A i.259
(=asaraṇa PvA 80).
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sq.; ii.24 sq.; iii.341; iv.56, 173; v.50; It 121; Nd 447 (on Sn
-gavesin seeking shelter or refuge J ii.407=iv.346. -guhā
956), to which is usually added sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇī pajā
a mountain cave J iii.511. -dvāra the door of the (rock) her-
(e. g. D i.250, see loci s. v. pajā). With this cp. Dh
mitage Vism 38; DhA iii.39. -pabbhāra "cave — slope,"
45, where the divisions are paṭhavī, Yamaloka, sadevaka
cave in a mountain DhA iv.170.
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(loka), which are expl at DhA i.334 by paṭhavī=attabhāva;
Lepa [fr. lip, see limpati; cp. Classic Sk. lepa stain, dirt] 1.
Yamaloka=catubbidha apāyaloka; sadevaka=manussaloka de-
smearing, plastering, coating over Vin iv.303 (bāhira°); J ii.25
valokena saddhiṁ. — The universe has its evolutional peri-
(mattikā°). — 2. (fig.) plaster, i. e. that which sticks, affec-
ods: saṁvaṭṭati and vivaṭṭati D ii.109 sq. The Buddha has
tion, attachment, etc., in taṇhā° the stain of craving, & diṭṭhi° mastered it by his enlightenment: loko Tathāgatena abhisam-
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of speculation Nd 55; Nd 271 . — Note. lasagata at A
buddho It 121. On loka, lokadhātu (=cosmos) and cakkavāḷa
ii.165 read with v. l. as lepa-gata, i. e. sticky. — Cp. ā°, pa°
cp. Kirfel, Kosmographie p. 180, 181. — 2. Regional mean-
Lepana (nt.) [fr. lip] smearing, plastering, anointing Vin ii.172 ing. — (a) in general. Referring to this world, the charac-
(kuḍḍa°); A iv.107 (vāsana°), 111 (id.); J ii.117. Cp. abhi°, ā°, ter of evanescence is inherent in it; referring to the universe
pa° in a wider sense, it implies infinity, though not in definite
terms. There is mention of the different metaphysical theo-
Lepeti see limpati.
ries as regards cosmogony at many places of the Canon. The
Leyya (adj. nt.) [grd. of lih: see lihati] to be licked or sipped;
antânantikā (contending for the finitude or otherwise of the
nt. mucilaginous food (opp. peyya liquid) A iv.394 (+peyya);
world) are mentioned as a sect at D i.22 sq. Discussions as
Miln 2 (id.).
to whether loka is sassata or antavā are found e. g. at M
Lesa [cp. Sk. leśa particle; as Kern, Toev. s. v. points out, it i.426, 484; ii.233; S iii.182, 204; iv.286 sq.; A ii.41; v.31, 186
occurs in Sk. also in the P. meaning at Mbh v.33, 5 although sq.; Ps i.123, 151 sq.; Vbh 340; Dhs 1117. Views on consis-
this is not given in BR. — As "particle" only at Dhtp 444 in tency of the world (eternal or finite; created or evolved etc.)
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def of lisati] sham, pretext, trick Vin iii.169 (where ten lesas at D iii.137; cp. S ii.19 sq. Cp. also the long and interesting
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are enum , viz. jāti°, nāma°, gotta°, linga°, āpatti°, patta°, discussion of loka as suñña at S iv.54 sq.; Ps ii.177 sq.; Nd 2
cīvara°, upajjhāya°, ācariya°, senāsana°); J ii.11; vi.402. — 680; — as well as M ii.68 (upanīyati loko addhuvo, and "at-
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lesa-kappa pretext Vin ii.166; Vv 84 (=kappiya — lesa VvA tāṇo loko, assakoloko" etc.); "lokassa anto" is lit. unattainable:
348); Th 1, 941; DA i.103. A ii.50=S i.62; iv.93; but the Arahant is "lok'antagū," cp. A
iv.430. — As regards their order in space (or "plane") there are
Lehati see lihati.
var. groupings of var. worlds, the evidently popular one being
Loka [cp. Vedic loka in its oldest meaning "space, open space."
that the world of the devas is above and the nirayas below the
For etym. see rocati. To the etym. feeling of the Pāli hearer 2
world of man (which is "tiriyaṁ vâpi majjhe"): Nd 550. The
loka is closely related in quality to ruppati (as in pop. etym. of
world of men is as ayaṁ loko contrasted with the beyond, or
rūpa) and rujati. As regards the latter the etym. runs "lujjati paro loko: D iii.181; S iv.348 sq.; A i.269; iv.226; Sn 779
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kho loko ti vuccati" S iv.52, cp. Nd 550, and loka=lujjana
(n'āsiṁsati lokaṁ imaṁ parañ ca); or as idhaloka D iii.105.
DhsA 47, 308: see lujjana. The Dhtp 531 gives root lok n 1
The def of ayaṁ loko at Nd 60 is given as: sak'attabhāva,
(loc) in sense of dassana] world, primarily "visible world,"
saka — rūpa — vedanā etc., ajjhatt' āyatanāni, manussa —
then in general as "space or sphere of creation," with var. de-
loka, kāmadhātu; with which is contrasted paro loko as: parat-
grees of substantiality. Often (unspecified) in the comprehen-
tabhāva, para — rūpavedanā, bāhir'āyatanāni, devaloka, rūpa
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