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Cakkalaka go Cakkhumant
Bdbgh. at DA i .249. —-Three sorts of c. arc later distinguished:
a cakkava|a-c° a iinii'eisal king, or c3tu
ranta-c° (ruling over four great continents Sn p. 106 ;
KhA 227), a dipa-c° (ruhng over one), a padesa-c"
(ruling over part of one) Usually in phrase raja cakka
vattin: U 1.88; in. 156; iv.3n2 ; v. 44, 99. 342 ; D 11. 16.
172 ; III. 59 sq., 75, 142 sq. ; M 111.65 : A 1.76, 109 sq. ;
11.37, '33- ^45- J"i47 sq . 365; iv 8g, 105; v.22 ; Kh
VIII.12 ("sukha) ; J 1.51 ; 11.395; iv.119; Vbb 336;
PvA 117; VvA 18; Sdhp 238", 453; DhA 11. 135 (°siri).
-°gabbha Vism 126 : -°rajjai) karesi J 11.311; -viddha
(nt.) a particular form of shooting J v.130 ; -samarulha
(adj.) having mounted the wheels, i. e. their carts (ol'
janapada) A 1.178; 111.66, 104.
Cakkalaka [fr. cakka] a disc or tuft (?) Vism 255 (kalira°,
where KhA 50 reads in same context kalira-dao4^)'
Cakkali (f) drapery Vin 11. 174.
Cakkalika a window blind, curtain Vin 11. 148.
Cakkalaka [Vedic cakravSka, cp. krkavaku, to sound
root kr, see note on gala] the ruddy goose (Anas Casarca)
J III. 520 ; IV. 70 sq. (N. of J No. 451) ; Pv n.12' ; Miln
364, 401 — ; f. cakkavaki J in. 524 ; vi. 189=501.
Cakkavi4a (m. & nt.) a circle, a sphere, esp. a mythical
range of mountains supposed to encircle the world pi.
;
worlds or spheres J 1.53, 203 ; vi.330 ; Vism 205 (its
extent), 207, 367, 421 ; DhsA 297 ; DhA 11. 15 ; in. 438 ; in
the trope " cakkavatai) atisambadhai] brahmaloko
atinico " ( = the whole world cannot hold it) to express
immensity DhA 1.3 10 ; VvA 68.
-gabbha the interior of the C. sphere J iv.119; DA
1.284; -pabbata (nt.) the C. mountains, "world's end"
J in. 32 ; vi.272 ; -rajja (nt.) the whole world, strictly
speaking the whole region of a sphere J 11.392.
Oakkhu (nt.) [Vedic cak?uh, etym. not clear, as redupl.
perhaps to Iks, aksa eye, kjana moment, or as intens.
to cit, cp. cinteti, & see Walde, L-it. IVtb. under inquaml
the eye (nom. sg. cakkhug Vin 1.34 ; S 1.115 ; M 111.136,
etc.). — I. The eye as organ of sense— (a) psychologically
cakkhuna riipar) disva " seeing visible object (shape)
with the eye " (Nd^ on rupa q. v.) is the defin. of this
first & most important of the senses (cp. Pv 11.6' dakkhiija
c. = the most valuable thing) : the psychology of
sight is discussed at i)A 1.194 sq., and more fully at J^lis
507 sq. (see DhsA 306 sq : Dhs trsl. 173 sq.) ; cp. cak
khuna puriso alokati rfipagatani Nd^ 234. In any enu
meration of the senses cakkhu heads the list, e. g. Vin
1.34 ; D 1.21 ; 11.308. 336 sq. ; in. 102, 225, 244 sq. ; 269
Nett 28.—Sec rupa. Also combd. with sota : M 1.318 ;
111.264 ; A 1.28 1. — cakkhusmir) hai^i^ati rflpehi S iv.201 ;
hata" A 1.129. passami nar) manasa cakkhuna va " I see
him with my mind as with my eye " Sn 1 142.— \ in 1.184 ;
S 1.32, 199 ; IV. 123 ; Dh 360 ; J IV.137 '•
^^
1.183 ; Nett
191. Vism 444 sq. As adj. (-°) seeing, having or catching
sight of :
eka°
(dvi°) one-eyed (two°) A 1.128 sq. ; amisa°
seeing an object of sensual enjoyment S 11.226; iv.159;
J v. 91 (=kilcsaIola). acakkhu blind A 111.250, 256; Ps
1. 1 29. — (b) ethically : as a " sense " belonging to what is
called " body " (kaya) it shares all the quaUties of the
latter (see kaya), & is to be regarded as an instr. only,
i. e. the person must not value it by itself or identify himself
with it. Subduing tlie senses means in the first place
acquiring control over one's eyes (cp. okkhitta cakkhu.
Pv iv.3« ; & indri-
with down-cast eyes Sn 63, 411. 972 ;
yesu guttadvara ; "indiiya). hi this connection the foil,
passages may be mentioned : Vin
l.34;Di.7o;Slv.i23;
ur.253 (do.) iv.81, 128 (na tumha-
11.244 (aniccai), etc.) :
kag) ; Ps 1. 132 (aniccatlhar)). Numerous others sec
under rupa. — II. The eve m the most important channel
of mental acquiring, as faculty of perception & apperception
; insight, knowledge (cp. vcda, oUa to vid, to
see). In connection with tiana (yrwciij) it refers to the
apperception of the truth (see dhamnia-cakUhu) ;
intui
tioii and recognition, which means perfect understand-
ing (cp. the use of the phrase j