[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華玄贊義決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724) › 1.170 # 法華玄贊義決 1.170 法華玄贊義決 1.170 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1.170) 二釋名者，一總、二別。總名眼者，梵語云般遮斫芻，般遮此云五，斫芻者此言行盡，謂如戒行種種諸物悉能見盡，故云行盡。傍從於此翻名為眼，非是正翻，梵語名眼，眼照矚義。五者是數，帶數釋也。釋別名者，肉謂業異熟色，肉即是眼，持業為名。自在光潔神用名天，天名雖通欲色無色，意說色天，天之眼故依士為目，或即定果光潔名天，天即眼，持業釋也。此釋有濫，又與《智度論》說有相違，彼云天有天眼故非即眼，照了名慧，慧即是眼，亦持業釋。法即是境，緣法之眼名為法眼，雖慧等緣通名為法，餘各各別緣，此能通緣。又緣教法此獨名法眼。佛名如常，佛之眼名佛眼，依主釋也。 > Second, explaining the names: first, general; second, specific. Regarding the general name "eye": in Sanskrit it is called pañca-cakṣus. Pañca here means five; cakṣus here means "exhausting activity," meaning that just as with moral conduct, all various objects are fully seen, hence it is called "exhausting activity." It is translated obliquely from this as "eye," which is not the literal translation; the Sanskrit word means "eye," and "eye" has the meaning of illuminating and gazing. "Five" is a number, so it is a dvigu compound. Explaining the specific names: "flesh" refers to the matter of karmic maturation; the flesh is itself the eye, taking its name as a karmadhāraya compound. Sovereign, luminous, and of supernatural efficacy is called "divine" (deva); although the name "divine" applies broadly to the desire, form, and formless realms, the intention refers to the form realm devas. Since it is the eye of a deva, it is designated as a tatpuruṣa compound; or, the luminous clarity that is the fruit of absorption is itself called "divine," so the divine is itself the eye, which is a karmadhāraya compound. This explanation causes confusion and also contradicts what the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says, for it states that devas possess the divine eye, and thus it is not itself the eye. Illuminating and understanding is called "wisdom"; wisdom is itself the eye, which is also a karmadhāraya compound. "Dharma" is the objective realm; the eye that cognizes dharmas is named the dharma eye. Although wisdom and the rest broadly take what is named dharma as their object, the others each cognize separately, whereas this can cognize comprehensively. Furthermore, because it takes the teaching of the Dharma as its object, this alone is named the dharma eye. The name "Buddha" is as usual; the eye of the Buddha is named the buddha eye, which is a tatpuruṣa compound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1.169) - [Next: 1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1.171) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724~en-mt.1.170) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1724.1.170) · Pramāṇa