चैतन्य

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəi.t̪ən.jə/

Noun

चैतन्य • (caitanya) n

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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

चैतन्य • (caitanya) m

1. a male given name, Chaitanya, from Sanskrit

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चैतन्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “चैतन्य”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “चैतन्य”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

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 (2010–2025) “caitanya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.