चैत्य
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From चित् (cít, “thought, intellect, spirit, soul”) or चिति (cití, “understanding; the thinking mind”).
Noun
चैत्य • (caitya) stem, m
- the individual soul (BhP. III, 26; 28, 28; 31, 19; Sarvad. II, 198f.)
Declension
| 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
Noun
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)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चैत्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.