neuter = citta, q.v. for detail concerning derivation, inflexion & meaning. Cp. also cinteti.; Only the gen. cetaso & the instr.; cetasā are in use besides these there is an adj. cetaso, der. from nom base cetas. Another adj. form is the inflected nom. ceto, occurring only in viceto SN.v.447 (+ ummatto, out of mind).
I. Ceto in its relation to similar terms
- with kāya & vācā: kāyena vācāya cetasā (with hand speech & heart) Snp.232; Kh IX. kāya (vācā˚, ceto˚-muni a saint in action, speech & thought AN.i.273 Cnd.514. In this phrase the Nd has mano˚ for ceto˚ which is also aN variant reading at A-passage
- with paññā (see citta iv. b) in ceto-vimutti, paññā-vimutti (see below iv.)
- with samādhi, pīti, sukha, etc.: see ˚pharaṇatā below.
II. Cetaso (gen.)
- heart. c˚ upakkilesa (stain of h.) DN.iii.49, DN.iii.101; SN.v.93. līnatta (attachment) SN.v.64. appasāda (unfaith) SN.i.179; ekodibhāva (singleness) DN.iii.78; SN.iv.236 (see 2nd jhāna); āvaraṇāni (hindrances) S 66
■ vimokkha (redemption) SN.i.159 santi (tranquillity) Snp.584, Snp.593. vūpasama (id. AN.i.4; SN.v.65. vinibandha (freedom) DN.iii.238; AN.iii.249; AN.iv.461 sq - mind. c˚ vikkhepa (disturbance) AN.iii.448; AN.v.149: uttrāsa (fear) Vb.367. abhiniropanā (application) Dhs.7
- thought. in c˚ parivitakko udapādi “there arose a reflection in me (gen.) SN.i.139; SN.ii.273; SN.iii.96, SN.iii.103.
III.Cetasā (instr.)
- heart. mettā-sahagatena c (with a h. full of love) freq. in phrase ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā etc. e.g. DN.i.186, DN.iii.78, DN.iii.223; SN.iv.296; AN.i.183 AN.ii.129; AN.iv.390; AN.v.299, AN.v.344; Vb.272. ujubhūtena (upright) SN.ii.279; AN.i.63; vivaṭena (open) DN.iii.223; SN.v.263; AN.iv.86. macchera-maḷa-pariyuṭṭhitena (in which has arisen the dirt of selfishness) SN.iv.240; AN.ii.58. santim pappuyya c. SN.i.212. taṇhādhipateyyena (standing under the sway of thirst) SN.iii.103-vippasannena (devout) SN.i.32 = SN.i.57, SN.i.100; Dhp.79; Pv.i.10#10. muttena AN.iv.244. vimariyādi-katena SN.iii.31 vigatâbhijjhena DN.iii.49. pathavī-āpo etc
■In the wild
- ceto Digha Nikaya 10 (dn10:2.28.2)
- ceto Digha Nikaya 10 (dn10:2.29.4)
- ceto Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.16.10)
- ceto Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.16.13)
- ceto Digha Nikaya 16 (dn16:1.16.7)
- ceto Digha Nikaya 24 (dn24:1.18.10)
6 of 21 attestations shown.
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