法眼

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Chinese

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law; method; way
law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
 
eye
simp. and trad.
(法眼)
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Etymology

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"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. 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 ཆོསཚུལ (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

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (31)
Final () (148) (73)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter pjop ngeanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨɐp̚/ /ŋˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/piɐp̚/ /ŋᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/piɐp̚/ /ŋænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puap̚/ /ŋəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/piɐp̚/ /ŋɛnX/
Wang
Li
/pĭwɐp̚/ /ŋænX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯wɐp̚/ /ŋănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fa yǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faat3 ngaan5

Noun

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法眼

  1. (Buddhism) "eye of the law" (either "mind which perceives both past and future" or "insight into the dharma")
  2. (Buddhism) Buddhist teaching
  3. (figurative) insight; astuteness; perspicacity; cognizance
  4. (often humble or ironic) someone's appreciation, notice, or acknowledgement

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (法眼):
  • Japanese: 法眼(ほうげん) (hōgen)
  • Korean: 법안(法眼) (beoban)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 4
げん
Grade: 5
on'yomi goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほう)(げん) (hōgen

  1. (Buddhism, historical) high priest; the second-highest rank of Buddhist priest in the Japanese court
  2. (Buddhism, archaic) a title of respect for Buddhist monks, artists, or samurai
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References

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