चैतन्य

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Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi चैतन्य (caitanya), from Sanskrit चैतन्य (caitanya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕəi.t̪ən.jə/

Noun

चैतन्य (caitanyan

  1. animation (essential motivity or activity)
  2. vivacity, liveliness, vigour
    Synonyms: जोम (jom), उत्साह (utsāh)
  3. soul, life force
    Synonyms: आत्मा (ātmā), प्राण (prāṇ)
  4. percipience

Declension

Declension of चैतन्य (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
चैतन्य
caitanya
direct
plural
चैतन्ये, चैतन्यं
caitanyae, caitanya
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चैतन्य
caitanya
चैतन्ये, चैतन्यं
caitanyae, caitanya
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चैतन्या
caitanyaā
चैतन्यां-
caitanyaān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चैतन्याला
caitanyaālā
चैतन्यांना
caitanyaānnā
ergative चैतन्याने, चैतन्यानं
caitanyaāne, caitanyaāna
चैतन्यांनी
caitanyaānnī
instrumental चैतन्याशी
caitanyaāśī
चैतन्यांशी
caitanyaānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चैतन्यात
caitanyaāt
चैतन्यांत
caitanyaāt
vocative
संबोधन
चैतन्या
caitanyaā
चैतन्यांनो
caitanyaānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of चैतन्य (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
चैतन्याचा
caitanyaāċā
चैतन्याचे
caitanyaāċe
चैतन्याची
caitanyaācī
चैतन्याच्या
caitanyaācā
चैतन्याचे, चैतन्याचं
caitanyaāċe, caitanyaāċa
चैतन्याची
caitanyaācī
चैतन्याच्या
caitanyaācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चैतन्यांचा
caitanyaānċā
चैतन्यांचे
caitanyaānċe
चैतन्यांची
caitanyaāñcī
चैतन्यांच्या
caitanyaāncā
चैतन्यांचे, चैतन्यांचं
caitanyaānċe, caitanyaānċa
चैतन्यांची
caitanyaāñcī
चैतन्यांच्या
caitanyaāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

चैतन्य (caitanyam

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Chaitanya

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

From चित् (cít, thought, intellect, spirit, soul) or चिति (cití, understanding; the thinking mind).

Noun

चैतन्य (caitanya) stemn

  1. consciousness, intellect

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चैतन्य
Nom. sg. चैतन्यम् (caitanyam)
Gen. sg. चैतन्यस्य (caitanyasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चैतन्यम् (caitanyam) चैतन्ये (caitanye) चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni)
Vocative चैतन्य (caitanya) चैतन्ये (caitanye) चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni)
Accusative चैतन्यम् (caitanyam) चैतन्ये (caitanye) चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni)
Instrumental चैतन्येन (caitanyena) चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) चैतन्यैः (caitanyaiḥ)
Dative चैतन्याय (caitanyāya) चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) चैतन्येभ्यः (caitanyebhyaḥ)
Ablative चैतन्यात् (caitanyāt) चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) चैतन्येभ्यः (caitanyebhyaḥ)
Genitive चैतन्यस्य (caitanyasya) चैतन्ययोः (caitanyayoḥ) चैतन्यानाम् (caitanyānām)
Locative चैतन्ये (caitanye) चैतन्ययोः (caitanyayoḥ) चैतन्येषु (caitanyeṣu)

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चैतन्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “caitanya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.