चैतन्य

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• চৈতন্য (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬿᬢᬦ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• চৈতন্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰡𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑀦𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• စဲတနျ (Burmese script)
• ચૈતન્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਚੈਤਨ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦻꦠꦤꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂢𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೈತನ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ចៃតន្យ (Khmer script)
• ໄຈຕນ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ചൈതന്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡳᢠᠠᠨᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘡𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠠᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧁𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑐣𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଚୈତନ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢗꣀꢡꢥ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑆤𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖡𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• චෛතන්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩗𑩫𑩯 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚝𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• சைதந்ய (Tamil script)
• చైతన్య (Telugu script)
• ไจตนฺย (Thai script)
• ཙཻ་ཏ་ནྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑒢𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑨝𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Noun

चैतन्य • (caitanya) stem, n

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

• Pali: cetiya
  • → Burmese: စေတီ (ceti)
  • → Mon: စေတဳ (cetī)
  • → Thai: เจดีย์ (jee-dii)
    • → English: chedi
• Tibetan: ཅ་ཏི (ca ti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चैतन्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “caitanya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.