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cakkhumā

cakkhumant

masc nom sg of cakkhumant (adj); masc nom pl of cakkhumant (adj); masc voc sg of cakkhumant (adj); masc nom sg of cakkhumant (noun); …

1. with eyes; who can see; who has vision; gifted with sight; lit. having eyes quality
2. person with sight; who can see; lit. having eyes quality
3. person with supernatural sight; who has extraordinary vision; lit. having eyes quality

Built from

• cakkhu — root · eye
  From Indo-European *okw-, related to Latin oculus and Greek ōps. In Buddhist texts, often used metaphorically for wisdom and spiritual perception (e.g., paññācakkhu 'eye of wisdom', cakkhudassana 'eye-vision' as insight).
• mant — ending · having, possessing
  Suffix forming possessive adjectives from nouns. Derived from √man- (to have, to think). Here it attaches to cakkhu to mean 'one who has eyes' or 'one furnished with eyes', and by extension 'one who sees or possesses vision'.

Analysis. cakkhu + mant: eye + having/possessing; lit. 'one furnished with eyes', hence one who sees or possesses vision (literal or metaphorical, including supernatural sight in Buddhist contexts).

Etymology. cakkhu 'eye' derives from Indo-European *okw- (seen in Latin oculus, Greek ōps, English eye). The suffix -mant (having, possessing) is formed from the root √man- (to have, to think) and appears widely in Sanskrit and Pali adjectives expressing possession of a quality. The compound imagery is concrete: physical sight as the ground for all knowledge and spiritual vision.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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