प्रचेतस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰচেতস্ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬘᬾᬢᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
প্রচেতস্ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰓𑰸𑰝𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀘𑁂𑀢𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ပြစေတသ် (Burmese script)
પ્રચેતસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਚੇਤਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦕꦺꦠꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂒𑂵𑂞𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಚೇತಸ್ (Kannada script)
ប្រចេតស៑ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣເຈຕສ຺ (Lao script)
പ്രചേതസ് (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᢜᡝᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘓𑘹𑘝𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢋᠧᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦳𑧚𑦽𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐾𑐟𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରଚେତସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢗꢾꢡꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆖𑆼𑆠𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖓𑖸𑖝𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රචෙතස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩡𑩔𑩫𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚏𑚲𑚙𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
ப்ரசேதஸ் (Tamil script)
ప్రచేతస్ (Telugu script)
ปฺรเจตสฺ (Thai script)
པྲ་ཙེ་ཏ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒔𑒹𑒞𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨣𑨄𑨙𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) +‎ चेतस् (cetas), from √चित् (cit).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕɐj.tɐs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t͡ɕeː.t̪ɐs̪/

Adjective

प्रचेतस् • (pracetas) stem

attentive, observant, mindful
clever, wise, intelligent
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
happy, delighted

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रचेतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0657.