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Entry चिन्त्

चिन्त्cint1 U. (चिन्तयति-ते, चिन्तित)
1. 1 Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (चिन्तयति-ते, चिन्तित)
2. To think, consider, reflect, ponder over; तच्छ्रुत्वापिङ्गलकश्चिन्तयामास Pt.1; चिन्तय तावत्केनापदेशेन पुनराश्रमपदं गच्छामः Ś.2.
3. To think of, have an idea of, bring before the mind; तस्मादेतत् (वित्तं) न चिन्तयेत् H.1; तस्मादस्य वधं राजा मनसापि न चिन्तयेत् Ms.8.381;4.258; Pt.1.135; Ch. Parasmaipada1.
4. To mind, take care of, look to; तातस्त्वां चिन्तयिष्यति Ś.4.; Compare also R.1.64; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.19.
5. To call to mind, remember.
6. To find out, devise, discover, think out; कोऽप्युपायश्चिन्त्यताम् H.1.
7. To regard as, esteem.
8. To weigh, discriminate.
9. To discuss, treat of, consider.
In the Gita6·25

शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।

śanaiḥ śanairuparamed buddhyā dhṛtigṛhītayā, — One should slowly cease from mental action by a buddhi held in the grasp of fixity, and having fixed the mind in the higher Self one should not think… 6·25
- चिन्तयेत्‌cintayetpotential 3rd person singular of the verbal root cint (to think about or reflect).
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