caitanya चैतन्य – consciousness; intelligence; soul
adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
consciousness; intelligence; soul
Derived from
- cetana चेतन adjective — conscious; among the conscious
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter
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caitanya ·n. consciousness, intelligence, mind, soul.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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caitanya caitanya, am, n. (fr. cetana), intel- ligence, mental perception, feeling, consciousness, sense, sensation, soul, spirit, the deity considered as the essence of all being and source of all sensation; (as), m., N. of a modern reformer of the Vaiṣṇava faith, who is regarded in Bengal as an Ava-tāra of Kṛṣṇa; he was born about 1484 A. D., and his life is described by Kṛṣṇa-dāsa in a work named Caitanya-caraṇāmṛta or Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
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Caitanya, &c. See s. v.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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caitanya 1〉 SARVADARŚANAS. 2,7. SARVADARŚANAS. 2,10. SARVADARŚANAS. 3,20. SARVADARŚANAS. 85,7. SARVADARŚANAS. 94,8. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 250,b,12. Ind. St. 9,141. Ind. St. 9,162. mahā˚ adj. Ind. St. 132. Seele, Herz: amṛteneva vacasā tava siktamidaṃ mama . caitanyamabhūcchvasitam KATHĀS. 117,111. — 2〉 vgl. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,152—WILSON, Sel. Works 1,173.
Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
caitanya (von cetana) 1〉 n. Intelligenz, Bewusstsein; Seele: der Fötus ist im 7ten Monate manaścaitanyayukta YĀJÑ. 3,81. jīvaṃ paśyāmi vṛkṣāṇāmacaitanyaṃ na vidyate MBH. 12,6837. cetanāvatsu caitanyaṃ samaṃ bhūteṣu paśyati MBH. 14,529. SUŚR. 1,81,7. āptaṃ lokena caitanyamivoṣṇaraśmeḥ RAGH. 5,4. na sāṃsiddhikaṃ caitanyam KAP. 3,20. ŚAṂK._zu_ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,16. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 15. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 25. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 34. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 35. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 97. Sch. zu KAP. 1,100. Sch. bei WILS. SĀṂKHYAK. S. 75. WIND. Sancara 94,1. WIND. Sancara 124,3 v. u. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines im J. 1484 n. Chr. geborenen Propheten, der in Bengalen göttlich verehrt und für einen Avatāra von Kṛṣṇa angesehen wird. Sein Leben ist beschrieben in einem Werke, welches den Titel caitanyacaraṇāmṛta führt; vgl. MACK. Coll. I, 92.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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caitanya — 1〉 n. Bewusstsein ŚAṂK. zu BĀDAR. 2,1,4. der Intellect, Geist, Seele. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines 1484 n. Chr. geborenen Propheten.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
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caitanyaṃ [cetanasya bhānaḥ ṣyañ] 1 Spirit, life, intelligence, vitality, sensation. 2 Soul, spirit, mind; U. 1. 36. ([Page 0498-c]) 3 Consciousness, feeling, sensation, sense; U. 1. 48. 4 (In Vedānta phil.) The supreme spirit considered as the essence of all being and source of all sensation. — nyaḥ N. of a modern reformer of the Vaiṣṇava faith.
Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter
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caitanya n. Bewusstsein, Geist, Seele.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
caitanya caitanya n. (cit; sfx. ana; sfx. ya) pensée, intelligence, âme pensante; le principe divin qui réside dans les intelligences.
Occurrences in source texts (11)
MAN 1 occurrence
SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 1.45-1.50: Rückkehr zum Bewusstsein 2 occurrences
Direct occurrences
SiSa 1.82-1.90: Guṇas und Gegenstände 2 occurrences
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SS 1 occurrence
VBT 1 occurrence
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