akkhi

the eye MN.i.383 (ubbhatehi akkhīhi); Snp.197, Snp.608; Ja.i.223, Ja.i.279; Ja.v.77; Ja.vi.336; Pv.ii.9#26 (akkhīni paggharanti: shed tears, cp. Pv-a.123); Vv-a.65 (-īni bhamanti, my eyes swim) cp. akkhīni me dhūmāyanti Dhp-a.i.475; Dhp-a.ii.26; Dhp-a.iii.196 (-īni ummīletvā opening the eyes); Sdhp.103, Sdhp.380
■ In combination with sa- as sacchi & sakkhi; (q.v.). As adj. (-˚) akkha3 (q.v.).

  • -añjana eye ointment, collyrium Dhp-a.iii.354.
  • -kūpa the socket of the eye Ja.iv.407.
  • -gaṇḍa eye-protuberance, i.e. eye-brow (?) Ja.vi.504 (for pamukha T.).
  • -gūtha secretion from the eye Pv-a.198.
  • -gūthaka id. Snp.197 (= dvīhi akkhicchiddehi apanīta-ttaca-maṃsasadiso a˚-gūthako Snp-a.248).
  • -chidda the eye-hole Snp-a.248.
  • -dala the eye-lid DN-a.i.194; Thag-a.259; Dhs-a.378.
  • -pāta “fall of the eye” i.e. a look, in mand˚ of soft looks (adj.) Pv-a.57.
  • -pūra an eye-full, in akkhipūraṃ assuṃ (assu?) an eye full of tears Ja.vi.191.
  • -mala dirt from the eye Pv.iii.5#3 (˚gūtha C.).
  • -roga eye disease Dhp-a.i.9.

to *oks, an enlarged form of *oqu, cp. Sk. īkṣate, kṣaṇa, pratīka, anīka; Gr. ο ̓́σσε, ω ̓́ψ (*Κύκλωψ), ὀφχαλμός, πρόσωπον; Lat. oculus, Ags. ēowan (= E eye wind-ow); Goth. augō. See also cakkhu & cp. akkha2 ikkhaṇika