प्रचेतस्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From प्र- (pra-) + चेतस् (cetas), from √चित् (cit).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
प्रचेतस् • (pracetas) stem
- attentive, observant, mindful
- clever, wise, intelligent
- c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.80:
- हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति- haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati
- haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
- हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
- happy, delighted
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्रचेतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0657.