प्रचेतस्

From प्र- (pra-) +‎ चेतस् (cetas), from √चित् (cit).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕɐj.tɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕeː.t̪ɐs̪/

प्रचेतस् • (pracetas) stem

1. attentive, observant, mindful
2. clever, wise, intelligent
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.1:

     कद्रुद्राय प्रचेतसे मीळ्हुष्टमाय तव्यसे।
     वोचेम शंतमं हृदे॥

     kádrudrā́ya prácetase mīḷhúṣṭamāya távyase.
     vocéma śáṃtamam hṛdé.

     What shall we sing to Rudra, strong, most generous, excellently wise,
     That shall be dearest to his heart?

   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.80:

     हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
     भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति

     haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
     bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. happy, delighted

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रचेतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0657.