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”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕɐ́j.tɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕeː.t̪ɐs̪/
Noun
चेतस् • (cétas) stem, 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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 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) |
| vocative | चेतः (cétaḥ) | चेतसी (cétasī) | चेतांसि (cétāṃsi) |
Derived terms
- अचेतस् (acetás)
- दभ्रचेतस् (dabhrácetas)
- प्रचेतस् (prácetas)
- लघुचेतस् (laghucetas)
- विचेतस् (vícetas)
- सचेतस् (sácetas)
- सुचेतस् (sucétas)
Descendants
- Pali: cetas
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑁂𑀅𑀲𑁆 (ceas)
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Old Bengali: চী (cī)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ހެއި (hei), ހޭ (hē)
- Sinhalese: සෙය් (sey)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Eastern:
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चेतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0398.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cetas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 268