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Sanskrit
Etymology
From प्र- (pra-) + चेतस् (cetas), from √चित् (cit).
Pronunciation
Adjective
प्रचेतस् • (pracetas) stem
- attentive, observant, mindful
- clever, wise, intelligent
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 1.43.1:
- कद्रुद्राय प्रचेतसे मीळ्हुष्टमाय तव्यसे।
वोचेम शंतमं हृदे॥- kádrudrā́ya prácetase mīḷhúṣṭamāya távyase.
vocéma śáṃtamam hṛdé. - What shall we sing to Rudra, strong, most generous, excellently wise,
That shall be dearest to his heart?
c. 400 CE,
Kālidāsa,
Raghuvaṃśa 1.80:
- हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति- haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati
- happy, delighted
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