法眼
Chinese edit
law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.) |
eye | ||
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simp. and trad. (法眼) |
法 | 眼 |
Etymology edit
- "eye of the law"; etc.
- Calque of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit धर्मचक्षु m (dharmacakṣu, literally “dharma-eye”), which is cognate to Pali dhammacakkhu, or the us-stem equivalent ॰चक्षुस् (॰cakṣus). The Tibetan equivalent is ཆོས་ཀྱི་མིག (chos kyi mig) or ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྤྱན (chos kyi spyan).
- "Buddhist teaching; etc"
- Calque of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit धर्मनेत्री f (dharmanetrī, “dharma-teaching; dharma-way; dharma-guide”), from Sanskrit नेत्र (netra, “guide; eye”) (see Ji, 1998v7). Corresponds to the Tibetan ཆོས་ཚུལ (chos tshul). The BHS compound may be understood as bahuvrihi: "[the wisdom विद्या f (vidyā), the perfection पारमिता f (pāramitā), etc.] that has the dharma as its guide/principle"
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
法眼
- (Buddhism) "eye of the law" (either "mind which perceives both past and future" or "insight into the dharma")
- (Buddhism) Buddhist teaching
- 云何佛說此法眼,令諸弟子如佛學。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1001, *Devaśāntika (天息災) aka. Faxian (法賢), trans. Ratnaguṇasaṃcayagāthā (《佛母寶德藏般若波羅蜜經》)
- Yúnhé Fó shuō cǐ fǎyǎn, lìng zhū dìzǐ rú Fó xué. [Pinyin]
- Why does the Buddha speak of this dharma-teaching? So that his pupils (may) learn and become like the Buddha.
云何佛说此法眼,令诸弟子如佛学。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figurative) insight; astuteness; perspicacity; cognizance
- (often humble or ironic) someone's appreciation, notice, or acknowledgement
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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法 | 眼 |
ほう Grade: 4 |
げん Grade: 5 |
on’yomi | goon |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (Buddhism, historical) high priest; the second-highest rank of Buddhist priest in the Japanese court
- (Buddhism, archaic) a title of respect for Buddhist monks, artists, or samurai
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References edit
- “法眼”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984