चैत्य
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- চৈত্য (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬿᬢ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- চৈত্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- စဲတျ (Burmese script)
- ચૈત્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਚੈਤ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦻꦠꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಚೈತ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ចៃត្យ (Khmer script)
- ໄຈຕ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ചൈത്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡳᢠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଚୈତ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢗꣀꢡ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- චෛත්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩗𑩫 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- சைத்ய (Tamil script)
- చైత్య (Telugu script)
- ไจตฺย (Thai script)
- ཙཻ་ཏྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
[edit]From चित् (cít, “thought, intellect, spirit, soul”) or चिति (cití, “understanding; the thinking mind”).
Noun
[edit]चैत्य • (caitya) stem, m
- the individual soul (BhP. III, 26; 28, 28; 31, 19; Sarvad. II, 198f.)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of चैत्य | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | चैत्यः (caityaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | चैत्यस्य (caityasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | चैत्यः (caityaḥ) | चैत्यौ (caityau) | चैत्याः (caityāḥ) |
| Vocative | चैत्य (caitya) | चैत्यौ (caityau) | चैत्याः (caityāḥ) |
| Accusative | चैत्यम् (caityam) | चैत्यौ (caityau) | चैत्यान् (caityān) |
| Instrumental | चैत्येन (caityena) | चैत्याभ्याम् (caityābhyām) | चैत्यैः (caityaiḥ) |
| Dative | चैत्याय (caityāya) | चैत्याभ्याम् (caityābhyām) | चैत्येभ्यः (caityebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | चैत्यात् (caityāt) | चैत्याभ्याम् (caityābhyām) | चैत्येभ्यः (caityebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | चैत्यस्य (caityasya) | चैत्ययोः (caityayoḥ) | चैत्यानाम् (caityānām) |
| Locative | चैत्ये (caitye) | चैत्ययोः (caityayoḥ) | चैत्येषु (caityeṣu) |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]चैत्य • (caitya) stem, m
- (also n) a funeral monument or स्तूप (stūpa) or pyramidal column containing the ashes of deceased persons, sacred tree (especially a religious fig-tree) growing on a mound, hall or temple or place of worship (especially in Buddhism and Jainism and generally containing a monument), a sanctuary near a village (ĀśvGṛ. I, 12, Parāś., MBh. etc.)
- a Jain or Buddhist image (L.)
- = च्ऐत्यक (caityaka)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “चैत्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402/2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “caitya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.