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Entry चिन्ता

चिन्ताcintāThinking, thought.
[चिन्त्-भावे अ]
1. Thinking, thought.
2. Sad or sorrowful thought, care, anxiety; चिन्ताजडं दर्शनम् Ś.4.5; so वीतचिन्तः 12.
3. Reflection, consideration; किं पुनश्चिन्तायाः प्रयोजनम् ŚB. on MS.4.1.25.
4. (In Rhet.) Anxiety, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings; ध्यानं चिन्ता हितानाप्तेः शून्यताश्वासतापकृत् S. D.21.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आकुल Adjective full of care, disturbed in mind, anxious.
- -कर्मन् Neuter anxiety.
- -पर Adjective thoughtful, anxious.
- -मणिः
  
  a fabulous gem supposed to yield to its possessor all desires, the philosopher's stone; काच- मूल्येन विक्रीतो हन्त चिन्तामणिर्मया Śānti 1.12; अपि चिन्तामणि- श्चिन्तापरिश्रममपेक्षते Māl.1.22; तदेकलुब्धे हृदि मेऽस्ति लब्धुं चिन्ता न चिन्तामणिमप्यनर्घ्यम् Name3.81;1.145.
  
  Name of Brahmā.
  
  A kind of horse, having a big curl on the neck; कण्ठे यस्य महावर्तो यस्याश्वस्य प्रजायते । चिन्तामणिः स विज्ञेयश्चिन्तितार्थविवृद्धिदः ॥ Śālihotra 18.
- -वेश्मन् Neuter a council-hall.
In the Gita16·11

चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।

cintāmaparimeyāṁ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ, — They imagine that desire and enjoyment are all the aim of life and (in their inordinate and insatiable pursuit of it) they are the prey of a… 16·11
- चिन्ताम्cintāmaccusative singular of the feminine noun cintā (care, thought, anxiety).
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