cakkhundriyasaṁvarasaṁvuto

cakkhu-ndriya-saṁvara-saṁvuta

accusative singular past participle of saṁvarati (or adjective form saṁvuta); compound adjective

restrained in the eye-faculty
guarded with regard to the faculty of sight

Built from

cakkhu — root · eye
Concrete: the organ of sight. Related to Sanskrit cakṣus, Latin oculus, English eye (all from Indo-European *okw-).
indriya — root · faculty, power
From √ind 'to be strong'; in Buddhism, the six faculties (cakkhu, sota, ghana, jivhā, kāya, mana) are channels through which contact with objects arises.
saṁ — prefix · together, completely
Indicates wholeness and bringing-together; here it intensifies the sense of complete restraint and gathered control.
vara — stem · restraint, guard
From √vṛ 'to cover, protect'; varaṇa is the noun; saṁvara compounds it with saṁ- for total guarding.
saṁvuta — ending · guarded, restrained
Past participle in -ta, agreeing with the subject in accusative; marks the state of being brought under full restraint through practice.

Analysis. cakkhu (eye) + indriya (faculty, sense power) + saṁvara (restraint) + saṁvuta (guarded, restrained). The compound describes one who practices restraint of the eye-faculty by controlling its object-contact; in canon, a mark of the disciplined monastic.

Etymology. cakkhu < Pali form of Sanskrit cakṣus (eye), cognate with Latin oculus (eye) and English eye through Indo-European *okw-. saṁvuta is past participle of √vṛ (cover, guard), with saṁ- (together, completely) prefixed: 'brought together under restraint', hence guarded, controlled.

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

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