ālokati (2982)

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ālokati
Entry 2982, Page 106, Col. 2
(Alokati, Alokati)
ālokati¦ (hardly = ālokayati or the rare Skt. ālokate, sees, perceives; not even in the ‘sens moral’ suggested by Senart; rather denom. to āloka, q.v.), furnishes light: Mv i.165.7 (vs, addressed to Buddha) yadā ca ālokasi nāgagāmi, yadā ca āgata maraṇāya pāraṃ, when you provide illumiṅation (for creatures lost in the darkness of ignorance, 1.3 ff.)…and when you have arrived at the shore beyond death (? readings here uncertain),…(then the earth is shaken etc.)

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