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| − | [[cakkh' āyatana]]: 'the | + | [[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]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 14 September 2013
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
