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ceto

cetas

masc nom sg of cetas (noun); masc acc sg of cetas (noun)

  1. mind; thought; intention

Etymology. From Indo-European *kḷd- (heart, mind): Sanskrit cetaḥ, Greek κέαρ (kear) in Homeric, Latin cor/cord- (cordial, accord, discord), English heart. The original sense was the physical heart as seat of feeling and thought; Pali generalizes to mind and consciousness.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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