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cakkhunā

cakkhu

nt instr sg of cakkhu (noun); nt abl sg of cakkhu (noun)

  1. eye
  2. eyesight; faculty of seeing
  3. vision; insight; understanding
  4. spiritual vision; divine eye

Etymology. From PIE *okw- 'eye' (Sanskrit cakṣus, Greek ōps, Latin oculus, English eye). The Pali form shows regular sound changes from the Sanskrit stem. In Buddhist doctrine, cakkhu ranges from the physical organ to the metaphorical 'eye of wisdom' (paññācakkhu) and the supernormal divine eye (dibbacakkhu).

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

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