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天眼力

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Basic Meaning: power of the divine eye

Senses:

  • The power of the celestial or deva eye, one of the ten powers 十力 of a Buddha (Skt. cyuty-upapatti-jñāna-bala). Also called the divine eye of unimpeded knowing 天眼無礙智力. 〔梵網經 T 1484.24.1001b25〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • In the Brahmāʼs Net Sutra, this is associated with the power of knowledge of remembrance of past lives; see 死生智力 and 宿住隨念智力. 〔梵網經 T 1484.24.1001b25; 梵網經古迹記 HBJ 3.436b24〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 755

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 9838

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0335

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1248-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 146

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    Entry created: 2002-02-01

    Updated: 2011-03-17