Dibbacakkhu, Dibba-cakkhu: 6 definitions
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Dibbacakkhu means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA false ascetic, a previous birth of Devadatta. For his story see the Somanassa Jataka.
Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryN (Eye of deva). Knowledge enabling to see everything from all sides and distances.
Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesthe 'divine eye',
- is one of the 6 higher powers (abhiññā),
- and one of the three kinds of knowledge (tevijjā).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarydibbacakkhu : (nt.) the divine eye.
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarydibbacakkhu (ဒိဗ္ဗစက္ခု) [(na) (န)]—
[dibba+cakkhu．dibbañja taṃ cakkhu cātidibbacakkhu．iti,ṭṭha.197．(-paṭisaṃ,ṭṭha,1.49.5va)]
[ဒိဗ္ဗ+စက္ခု။ ဒိဗ္ဗဉ္ဇ တံ စက္ခု စာတိဒိဗ္ဗစက္ခု။ ဣတိဝုတ်၊ဋ္ဌ။၁၉၇။ (-ပဋိသံ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၁။၄၉။၅ဝ)]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Cakkhu, Dibba.
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Search found 17 books and stories containing Dibbacakkhu, Dibba-cakkhu; (plurals include: Dibbacakkhus, cakkhus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 14 - The Ten Powers: Dasabala-ñāṇa < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Part 15 - The Fourteen Buddha Knowledges < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Part 8 - The Eight Qualities of the Bodhisatta’s Mind Continuum < [Chapter 7 - The Attainment of Buddhahood]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Procedure of Javana < [Chapter IV - Analysis of Thought-Processes]
Signs of Mental Culture < [Chapter IX - Mental Culture]
Summary of Objects < [Chapter III - Miscellaneous Section]
Buddhist Education in Thailand (critical study) (by Smitthai Aphiwatamonkul)
4. The Educational Implications of Buddhist Philosophy < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
5. The Monastic Theme of Education < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Siddhis—Supernormal powers < [Book III - Vibhūti-pāda]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 419-420 - The Story of the Skull-Tapper < [Chapter 26 - Brāhmaṇa Vagga (The Brāhmaṇa)]
Verse 35 - The Story of a Certain Monk < [Chapter 3 - Citta Vagga (Mind)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Preliminary note on the six superknowledges (abhijñā, abhiññā) < [Chapter XLIII - The Pursuit of the Six superknowledges]
Preliminary note on the ‘five eyes’ < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]