Cetanacetana, Cētanācētana, Cetanācetana: 3 definitions
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Cetanacetana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chetanachetana.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarycētanācētana (चेतनाचेतन).—a S (cētana Endued with life, acētana Devoid of life.) Animate and inanimate; living and dead; i. e. all created things.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCetanācetana (चेतनाचेतन):—[from cetana > cit] [plural] sentient and unsentient beings, [Meghadūta 5.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCētanācētana (ಚೇತನಾಚೇತನ):—[noun] the totality of animate and inanimate things.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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