also: てんがん
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
In Buddhism, the heavenly eye is considered one of the supernatural powers attained through practice.
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.
During an epileptic seizure, rolling back of the eyes (tengan) may be observed.
clairvoyance; divine eye
Standard kanji form for the Buddhist term; reading てんげん is the primary reading.
Alternate reading used for the rare medical sense; not the usual Buddhist reading.
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.