चेतस्

See also: चौँतीस and चौंतीस

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): /ˈt͡ɕeː.t̪ɐs̪/

Noun

चेतस् • (cétas) stem, n

1. splendour
2. 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.

3. 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)

Descendants

• Pali: cetas
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑁂𑀅𑀲𑁆 (ceas)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Old Bengali: চী (cī)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ހެއި (hei), ހޭ (hē)
      • Sinhalese: සෙය් (sey)

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