Vilokana (nt.) [vi+lok (loc=roc), see loka & rocati] looking, reflection, investigation, prognostication; usually as 5 objects of reflection as to when & where & how one shall be reborn (pañca -- mahā -- ˚āni), consisting in kāla, desa, dīpa, kula, mātā (the latter as janetti -- āyu i. e. mother and her time of delivery at J i.48) or time (right or wrong), continent, sky (orientation), family (or clan) and one's (future) mother: J i.48, 49; DhA i.84; as 8 at Miln 193, viz. kāla, dīpa, desa, kula, janetti, āyu, māsa, nekkhamma (i. e. the 5+period of gestation, month of his birthday, and his renunciation). Without special meaning at DA i.194 (ālokana+). Cp. volokana.