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cakkhumanto

cakkhumant

masc nom sg of cakkhumant (adj); masc nom pl of cakkhumant (adj); masc voc pl of cakkhumant (adj); masc nom sg of cakkhumant (noun); …

1. with eyes; who can see; who has vision; gifted with sight; lit. having eyes quality
2. person with sight; who can see; lit. having eyes quality
3. person with supernatural sight; who has extraordinary vision; lit. having eyes quality

Built from

• cakkhu — root · eye
  Sanskrit cakṣus, from PIE *okw- 'eye', cognate with English eye, Greek ōps, Latin oculus. Concrete imagery: the organ that projects outward to receive light and form.
• mant — ending · possessing, endowed with
  Possessive adjectival and nominal suffix from Sanskrit -mant. Forms adjectives and nouns meaning 'one who has' or 'endowed with'. In this nominative singular masculine form, marks the subject as a being characterized by the preceding root.

Analysis. cakkhu + mant: 'eye' + 'possessing' (possessive suffix forming adjectives and nouns denoting one endowed with a quality). In the canon, applied to the Buddha and arhats as those possessing the 'eye' of wisdom (especially paññācakkhu, the eye of insight) and supernatural vision.

Etymology. cakkhu derives from Sanskrit cakṣus, from Proto-Indo-European *okw- 'eye' (cognate with English eye, Greek ōps, Latin oculus). The possessive suffix -mant is the Pali reflex of Sanskrit -mant, from Proto-Indo-European *men- 'to stand out, project' (as in English eminence, standing forth). The compound thus literally pictures one standing forth with eyes—one endowed with sight.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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