Sacetana, Sacetanā: 12 definitions
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Sacetana has 12 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sachetana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSacetana (सचेतन):—(2. sa + cetanā) adj. verständig, bei vollem Verstande, - Bewusstsein [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 3, 13.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 33, 13.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 109, 125. 110, 140.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 34, 17.] [Pañcatantra 43, 10.]
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.
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Partial matches: Cetana, Sha, Ca.
Starts with: Sacetana-avastha.
Full-text: Sachetan.
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Anumana in Indian Philosophy (by Sangita Chakravarty)
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Bhagavad-gita-rahasya (or Karma-yoga Shastra) (by Bhalchandra Sitaram Sukthankar)
Chapter 7 - The Kapila Sāṃkhya Philosophy
Chapter 8 - The Construction and the Destruction of the Cosmos
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)