श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home

कोशःDictionaries

Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for चित्त

378 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चित्तcittap. p.Observed, perceived.

    [चित्-क्त]

    1. Observed, perceived.
    2. Considered, reflected or meditated upon.
    3. Resolved
    4. Intended, wished, desired.
    5. Visible, perceptible.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्तम्

      1. Observing, attending.
      2. (a) Thought, thinking, attention; (b) desire, intention, aim; मच्चित्तः सततं भव Bg.18.57; अनेकचित्तविभ्रान्त 16.16.
      3. The mind; यदासौ दुर्वारः प्रसरति मदश्चित्तकरिणः Śānti.1.22; so चलचित्त and comps. below.
      4. The heart (considered as the seat of intellect).
      5. Reason, intellect, reasoning faculty.
      6. Knowledge; चित्तं चित्तादुपागम्य मुनिरासीत संयतः । यच्चित्तं तन्मयो वश्यं गुह्यमेतत्सनातनम् ॥ Mb.14.51.27.
    • -अनुवर्तिन् Adjective acting according to one's will, humouring.

    • -अपहारक, -अपहारिन्, -आकर्षिन्, -हारिन्

      1. Adjective
      2. 'heart-stealing', attractive, captivating.
      3. pleasing, agreeable, beautiful.
    • -अर्पित Adjective preserved in the heart; चित्तार्पितनैषधेश्वरा Name9.31.

    • -आभोगः attention of the mind to its own feelings, exclusive attachment to one thing.

    • -आसङ्गः attachment, love.

    • -उद्रेकः pride, arrogance.

    • -ऐक्यम् agreement, unanimity.

    • -उन्नतिः, -समुन्नतिः

      1. Feminine
      2. noble-mindedness.
      3. pride, arrogance.
    • -कलित Adjective anticipated, expected, calculated.

    • -खेदः grief -चारिन् Adjective acting according to the will of another.

    • -जः, -जन्मन्

      1. Masculine, भूः, योनिः love, passion.
      2. Cupid, the god of love; चित्तयोनिरभवत्पुनर्नवः R.19.46; सोऽयं प्रसिद्धविभवः खलु चित्तजन्मा Māl.1.2.
    • -ज्ञ Adjective knowing the mind of another; ते बहुज्ञस्य चित्तज्ञे पत्न्यै, पत्नौ पत्युर्महीक्षितः R.1.56.

    • -नाथः lord of the heart; चित्तनाथमभिशङ्कितवत्या Śi.1.28.

    • -नाशः loss of conscience.

    • -निर्वृत्तिः Feminine contentment, happiness.

    • -प्रमाथिन् Adjective moving or touching the heart, exciting passion or love.

    • -प्रशम Adjective composed, tranquil. (-मः) tranquility of heart.

    • -प्रसन्नता joy, pleasure.

    • -भेदः

      1. difference of view.
      2. inconsistency, inconstancy.
    • -मोहः infatuation of the mind.

    • -रक्षिन् Adjective (Equivalent to -चारिन्); शुश्रूषुर्निरभीमाना पतीनां चित्तरक्षिणी Mb.3.233.2.

    • -रागः affection, passion, desire.

    • -विकारः change of thought or feeling -विक्षेपः distraction of the mind.

    • -विप्लवः, -विभ्रंशः, -विभ्रमः aberration, disturbance or derangement of mind, madness, insanity; स्वप्नोऽयं चित्तविभ्रंश उताहो सत्यमेव तु Mb.13.54.15.

    • -विश्लेषः breach of friendship.

    • -वृत्तिः

      1. Feminine
      2. disposition or state of the mind, inclination, feeling; एवमात्माभिप्रायसंभावितेष्टजन- चित्तवृत्तिः प्रार्थयिता विडम्ब्यते Ś.2.
      3. thinking, imagining.
      4. inward purpose, emotion.
      5. (in Yoga Philosophy) inward working of the mind, mental vision; योगश्चित्तवृत्ति- निरोधः Yoga S.
    • -वेदना affliction, anxiety.

    • -वैकल्यम् bewilderment of the mind, distraction.

    • -सङ्ख्य Adjective pervading the heart, penetrating the soul.

    • -हारिन् Adjective fascinating, attractive, agreeable.

    In the Gita6·186·2012·9

    यदा विनियतं चित्तमात्मन्येवावतिष्ठते ।

    yadā viniyataṁ cittamātmanyevāvatiṣṭhate, — When all the mental consciousness is perfectly controlled and liberated from desire and remains still in the self, then it is said, “He is in Yoga.” 6·18
    • चित्तम्cittamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun citta (the mental consciousness).
  2. अचित्तacittaa.Inconceivable.
    1. Inconceivable.
    2. नास्ति चित्तं यस्य Destitute of intellect, senseless, stupid.
    3. Unnoticed, unexpected, not thought of.
    4. Without consciousness, inanimate, nonsentient. ParasmaipadaIV.2.47.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चित्तcitta[kit-tá] pp.; n. observation; thought; purpose, will; mind, heart, intellect, reason; a. thinking of (--˚).

    [kit-tá] perfect passive participle; neuter observation; thought; purpose, will; mind, heart, intellect, reason; adjective thinking of (--˚).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चित्तcittamfn. "noticed" see अ-च्/इत्त
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "noticed" see अ-च्/इत्त
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "aimed at", longed for ChUp. vii, 5, 3
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "appeared", visible fg-veda ix, 65, 12
    4. neuter gender attending, observing (तिर्/अश् चित्त्/आनि, "so as to remain unnoticed"), vii, 59, 8
    5. neuter gender thinking, reflecting, imagining, thought fg-veda VS. S3Br. etc.
    6. neuter gender intention, aim, wish fg-veda VS. AV. TBr. etc.
    7. neuter gender (Naigh. iii, 9) the heart, mind TS. i S3vetUp. vi, 5 MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Pan5cat.)
    8. neuter gender memory W.
    9. neuter gender intelligence, reason KapS. i, 59 Yogas. i, 37; ii, 54 Veda7ntas.
    10. neuter gender (in astrology) the 9th mansion VarYogay. iv, 1
    11. neuter gender confer, compare इह-, चल-, प्/ऊर्व-, प्र्/आयश्-, लघु-, सु-, स्थिर- .
    12. see √4. चित् .
    13. (in compound)
  2. अग्निप्रायश्चित्तagniprāyaścittan. an expiatory act during the preparation of the sacrificial fire.

    neuter gender an expiatory act during the preparation of the sacrificial fire.

  3. अग्निप्रायश्चित्तिagniprāyaścitti([S3Br.]) f. an expiatory act during the preparation of the sacrificial fire.

    ([S3Br.]) feminine an expiatory act during the preparation of the sacrificial fire.

  4. अङ्गप्रायश्चित्तaṅgaprāyaścittan. expiation of bodily impurity, especially that arising from death in a family.

    neuter gender expiation of bodily impurity, especially that arising from death in a family.

  5. अचित्तacittamfn. unnoticed, unexpected
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unnoticed, unexpected
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not an object of thought
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective inconceivable fg-veda
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective destitute of intellect or sense.
  6. अचित्तपाजस्acittapājas(/अचित्त-) m. N. of two R2ishis ऋषि s MaitrS. Ka1t2h.

    (/अचित्त-) masculine gender Name of two R2ishis ऋषि s MaitrS. Ka1t2h.

  7. अचित्तमनस्acittamanas(/अचित्त-) m. N. of two R2ishis ऋषि s MaitrS. Ka1t2h.

    (/अचित्त-) masculine gender Name of two R2ishis ऋषि s MaitrS. Ka1t2h.