also: てんがんつう
noun
clairvoyance; divine eye
Buddhist term for supernatural vision, one of the six higher knowledges (六神通). Refers to the ability to see things beyond ordinary perception, including distant, hidden, or future events.
See also: 六神通
天眼通は、仏教で説かれる神通力の一つです。
Clairvoyance is one of the supernatural powers taught in Buddhism.
修行によって天眼通を得たと伝えられる僧がいる。
There is a monk who is said to have attained clairvoyance through ascetic practice.
The six higher knowledges in Buddhism; 天眼通 is the second of these, specifically the divine eye or clairvoyance.
From Middle Chinese 天眼通, a Buddhist term composed of 天 (heaven, divine), 眼 (eye), and 通 (penetration, mastery). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a calque of Sanskrit divyacakṣus.