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[[cakkh' āyatana]]: 'the base "[[visual organ]]" ' (s. [[āyatana]]). | [[cakkh' āyatana]]: 'the base "[[visual organ]]" ' (s. [[āyatana]]). | ||
| − | By the [[visual organ]] ([[cakkhāyatana]]) is meant the sensitive part of the [[eye]] ([[cakkhu-pasāda]]) built up of the [[four elements]] ... responding to sense-stimuli" ([[sa-ppatigha]]).... (Vibh. II). Similar is the explanation of the four remaining [[physical]] [[sense-organs]]. | + | By the [[visual organ]] ([[cakkhāyatana]]) is meant the [[sensitive]] part of the [[eye]] ([[cakkhu-pasāda]]) built up of the [[four elements]] ... responding to [[sense-stimuli]]" ([[sa-ppatigha]]).... (Vibh. II). Similar is the explanation of the four remaining [[physical]] [[sense-organs]]. |
[[cakkhāyatana]], [[cakkhvāyatana]]([[cakkhu]] [[眼]]) + ([[āyatana]] [[處]]): n. [[眼的處]] | [[cakkhāyatana]], [[cakkhvāyatana]]([[cakkhu]] [[眼]]) + ([[āyatana]] [[處]]): n. [[眼的處]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:41, 27 October 2014
cakkh' āyatana: 'the base "visual organ" ' (s. āyatana).
By the visual organ (cakkhāyatana) is meant the sensitive part of the eye (cakkhu-pasāda) built up of the four elements ... responding to sense-stimuli" (sa-ppatigha).... (Vibh. II). Similar is the explanation of the four remaining physical sense-organs.
cakkhāyatana, cakkhvāyatana(cakkhu 眼) + (āyatana 處): n. 眼的處
