also: てんがんつう
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
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.
Standard kanji form; reading てんげんつう is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common but attested in Buddhist contexts.
A Buddhist term inherited through Chinese, formed from 天眼 “divine eye” and 通 “supernatural faculty.” It corresponds to the Buddhist faculty of divine sight, Sanskrit divyacakṣus, one of the supernatural knowledges.