also: てんがん
noun
heavenly eye; divine eye
Buddhist term for one of the five eyes (五眼), a supernatural power to see all things, including the distant, hidden, and future rebirths.
See also: 五眼
仏教では、天眼は修行によって得られる神通力の一つとされる。
In Buddhism, the heavenly eye is considered one of the supernatural powers attained through practice.
noun
rolling back of the eyes during convulsions
Only with reading てんがん
Rare medical term; specifically refers to the eyes rolling upward during a seizure. Read てんがん.
てんかん発作の際に天眼が見られることがある。
During an epileptic seizure, rolling back of the eyes (tengan) may be observed.
The five eyes in Buddhism: 肉眼 (flesh eye), 天眼 (heavenly eye), 慧眼 (wisdom eye), 法眼 (dharma eye), and 仏眼 (Buddha eye). 天眼 is one of these.
From Middle Chinese 天眼 (then ngeanX), a Buddhist term translating Sanskrit divyacakṣus. The reading てんげん is the regular go-on reading; てんがん is a variant.