As a deity name
Name 97 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
चेतना · noun · feminine
बुद्धि · मनोवृत्ति · ज्ञानात्मक मनोवृत्ति — Śabdasāgara
चेतना · verb
अ॰ [हिं॰ चोत + ना (प्रत्य॰)] · संज्ञा में होना । होश में आना · सावधान होना । चौकस होना — Śabdasāgara
चेतना · ćetanā · s.f.
Consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, wisdom, reflection — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470
चेतना · ćetnā · v.t.
To think of, remember; to think on, reflect on; to perceive; to advise, admonish — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470
चेतना · feminine
a female given name, Chetna or Chetana, from Sanskrit
चेतना · feminine
consciousness; intelligence, understanding
Cited formation "चेतना" is चेत + -ना: चेत means "Thought, perception, sensation, consciousness, wits, sense", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चेतना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
cetanā f. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, Yājñ. iii, 175; MBh. &c. (often ifc. [f(ā). ] Mn. ix, 67; MBh. &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, &c. (often ifc. [ā]; &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "cetanā" is the feminine form of "cetana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
cetanā f. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, Yājñ. iii, 175; MBh. &c. (often ifc. [f(ā). ] Mn. ix, 67; MBh. &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).
cetana mf(ī)n. visible, conspicuous, distinguished, excellent, RV.; AV. ix, 4, 21
percipient, conscious, sentient, intelligent, KaṭhUp. v, 13; ŚvetUp. vi, 13; Hariv. 3587; KapS.; Tattvas. &c.
Alternative readings
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