The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Cakkalaka
Cakkalaka [fr. cakka] a disc or tuft (?) Vism 255 (ka)"ra˚, where KhA 50 reads in same context ka)"ra --
da*.a).
Cakkali
Cakkali (f.) drapery Vin ii.174.
Cakkalik!
Cakkalik! a window blind, curtain Vin ii.148.
Cakkav!ka
Cakkav!ka [Vedic cakrav!ka, cp. k%kav!ku, to sound root k%, see note on gala] the ruddy goose (Anas
Casarca) J iii.520; iv.70 sq. (N. of J No. 451); Pv ii.123; Miln 364, 401; -- f. cakkav!k" J iii.524;
vi.189=501.
Cakkav!)a
Cakkav!)a (m. & nt.) a circle, a sphere, esp. a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the world;
pl. worlds or spheres J i.53, 203; vi.330; Vism 205 (its extent), 207, 367, 421; DhsA 297; DhA 11. 15;
iii.498; in the trope "cakkav!)a' atisamb!dha' brahmaloko atin"co" (=the whole world cannot hold it) to
express immensity DhA i.310; VvA 68. -- gabbha the interior of the C. sphere J iv.119; DA i.284; --
pabbata (nt.) the C. mountains, "world's end" J iii.32; vi.272; -- rajja (nt.) the whole world, strictly speaking
the whole region of a sphere J ii.392.
Cakkhu
Cakkhu (nt.) [Vedic cak+u1, etym. not clear, as redupl. perhaps to "ks, ak+a eye, k+B*a moment, or as
intens. to cit, cp. cinteti, & see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under inquam] the eye (nom. sg. cakkhu' Vin i.34; S
i.115; M iii.134, etc.). -- I. The eye as organ of sense -- (a) psychologically: cakkhun! r(pa' disv! "seeing
visible object (shape) with the eye" (Nd2 on r(pa q. v.) is the defin. of this first & most important of the
senses (cp. Pv ii.61 dakkhi*a c.=the most valuable thing): the psychology of sight is discussed at DA i.194
sq., and more fully at Dhs 597 sq. (see DhsA 306 sq; Dhs trsl. 173 sq.); cp. cak khun! puriso !lokati
r(pagat!ni Nd2 234. In any enumeration of the senses cakkhu heads the list, e. g. Vin i.34; D i.21; ii.308,
336 sq.; iii.102, 225, 244 sq.; 269; Nett 28. -- See r(pa. Also combd. with sota: M i.318; iii.264; A i.281. --
cakkhusmi' haññati r(pehi S iv.201; hata˚ A i.129. pass!mi na' manas! cakkhun! va "I see him with my
mind as with my eye" Sn 1142. -- Vin i.184; S i.32, 199; iv.123; Dh 360; J iv.137; DA i.183; Nett 191.
Vism 444 sq. As adj. ( -- ˚) seeing, having or catching sight of: eka˚ (dvi˚) one -- eyed (two˚) A i.128 sq.;
!misa˚ seeing an object of sensual enjoyment S ii.226; iv.159; J v.91 (= kilesalola). acakkhu blind A iii.250,
256; Ps i.129. -- (b) ethically: as a "sense" belonging to what is called "body" (k!ya) it shares all the
qualities of the latter (see k!ya), & is to be regarded as an instr. only, i. e. the person must not value it by
itself or identify himself with it. Subduing the senses means in the first place acquiring control over one's
eyes (cp. okkhitta cakkhu, with down -- cast eyes Sn 63, 411, 972; Pv iv.344; & indriyesu guttadv!ra;
˚indriya). In this connection the foll. passages may be mentioned: Vin i.34; D i.70; S iv.123; ii.244
(anicca', etc.); iii.255 (do.) iv.81, 128 (na tumh!ka'); Ps I.132 (aniccat&ha'). Numerous others see under
r(pa. -- II. The eve as the most important channel of mental acquiring, as faculty of perception &
apperception; insight, knowledge (cp. veda, olda to vid, to see). In connection with ñ!*a (ghw_sis) it refers
to the apperception of the truth (see dhamma -- cakkhu): intuition and recognition, which means perfect
understanding (cp. the use of the phrase j!n!ti passati "to know and to see"=to understand clearly). See e. g.
S ii.7 -- 11, 105; iv.233; v.179; 258; 422 sq. Most frequently as dhamma˚ "the eye of the truth," said of the