चेतस्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćáytas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáytas, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéyt-os ~ kʷéyt-es-, from *kʷeyt- (“to notice”).
Noun
चेतस् • (cétas) n
- splendour
- consciousness, intelligence, thinking soul, heart, mind
- RV 5.73.6b
- युवोर अत्रिश चिकेतति नरा सुम्नेन चेतसा |
- घर्मं यद वाम अरेपसं नासत्यास्ना भुरण्यति ||
- yuvor atriś ciketati narā sumnena cetasā |
- gharmaṃ yad vām arepasaṃ nāsatyāsnā bhuraṇyati ||
- Atri bethinks himself of you, O Heroes, with a friendly mind,
- What time, Nāsatyas, with his mouth he stirs the spotless flame for you.
- RV 9.83.2d
- तपोष पवित्रं विततं दिवस पदे शोचन्तो अस्य तन्तवो वयस्थिरन |
- अवन्त्यस्य पवीतारमाशवो दिवस पर्ष्ठमधितिष्ठन्ति चेतसा ||
- tapoṣ pavitraṃ vitataṃ divas pade śocanto asya tantavo vyasthiran |
- avantyasya pavītāramāśavo divas pṛṣṭhamadhitiṣṭhanti cetasā ||
- High in the seat of heaven is spread the Scorcher's sieve: its threads are standing separate, glittering with light.
- The Swift Ones favour him who purifieth this: with consciousness they stand upon the height of heaven.
- RV 5.73.6b
- will
Declension
| Neuter as-stem declension of चेतस् (cétas) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चेतः cétaḥ |
चेतसी cétasī |
चेतांसि cétāṃsi |
| Vocative | चेतः cétaḥ |
चेतसी cétasī |
चेतांसि cétāṃsi |
| Accusative | चेतः cétaḥ |
चेतसी cétasī |
चेतांसि cétāṃsi |
| Instrumental | चेतसा cétasā |
चेतोभ्याम् cétobhyām |
चेतोभिः cétobhiḥ |
| Dative | चेतसे cétase |
चेतोभ्याम् cétobhyām |
चेतोभ्यः cétobhyaḥ |
| Ablative | चेतसः cétasaḥ |
चेतोभ्याम् cétobhyām |
चेतोभ्यः cétobhyaḥ |
| Genitive | चेतसः cétasaḥ |
चेतसोः cétasoḥ |
चेतसाम् cétasām |
| Locative | चेतसि cétasi |
चेतसोः cétasoḥ |
चेतःसु cétaḥsu |
Derived terms
- अचेतस् (acetás)
- दभ्रचेतस् (dabhrácetas)
- प्रचेतस् (prácetas)
- लघुचेतस् (laghucetas)
- विचेतस् (vícetas)
- सचेतस् (sácetas)
- सुचेतस् (sucétas)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “चेतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0398.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cḗtas (268)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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