noun
three kinds of awareness
Buddhist term referring to three supernormal knowledges: recollection of past lives, divine eye, and extinction of defilements. Often listed alongside 宿命通, 天眼通, and 漏尽通.
仏教では、三明は悟りを得た者の三つの智慧とされる。
In Buddhism, the three kinds of awareness are considered the three wisdoms of an enlightened one.
One of the three knowledges: the knowledge of the extinction of defilements.
From 三 (three) + 明 (clear knowing, wisdom). A Buddhist technical term.