चिन्ता (cintā) is a Sanskrit word meaning thought, care, or anxiety, consideration, a woman's name, recollection, the name of a woman, reflection, thought. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Thought, Reflection, and Associated Care/Anxiety, Proper Noun (Name or Personification).
(H2) [Printed book page 398,1] चिन्ता (cintā)f. (Pāṇini (Author) iii, 3, 105), thought, care, anxiety, anxious thought about (gen.loc., उपरि (upari), or in comp.), Manu-smṛti (Title) xii, 31 ; Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 98 ; Mahābhārata (Title) &c. (°तया (°tayā)instr. ‘by mere thinking of’, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) i, 13, 50 ) [ID=74117]
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 095-1] चिन्ता (cintā) cint-ā, f. thought, reflection, consideration; uneasiness, apprehension; solicitude regarding (lc.or—°); anxiety about (g., lc., or upari); N.; -para,a. engrossed by (sad) reflections, thoughtful; -maṇi,m.magical thought-gem (fulfilling its possessorʼs every wish); philosopherʼs T.of various works, esp.—°; -moha,m. bewilderment of thought; -viṣa-ghna,a. destroying the poison of care. [ID=7597]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Reflexion, consideration, recollection
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 327] चिन्ता (cintā) f. (-न्ता (-ntā)) Reflexion, consideration, recollection.
E. चिति (citi) to reflect, affixes अङ् (aṅ) and ठाप् (ṭhāp).
[ID=15229]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Reflection, thought
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 287-a] चिन्ता (cintā)(न्ता) ((ntā)) 1. f. Reflection, thought. [ID=14686]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Reflection, consideration, recollection.
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 270-b] चिन्ता (cintā)
f. (-न्ता (-ntā)) Reflexion, consideration, recollection.
E. चिति (citi) to reflect, affixes अङ् (aṅ) and टाप् (ṭāp).
1. Thought, consideration, or reflection. 2. Care or sorrow.
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 173] चिन्ता (cintā)f. thought, consideration, reflection, care or sorrow about (gen., loc., or उपरि (upari)). [ID=10579]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Thought. 2. Anxious thought or sorrow. 3. Plans.
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 156-a] cintā,f. —1. thought; —2.esp. (likeμέριμνα), anxious or sad thought; sorrow; —3. plans, 433. [√cint.] [ID=1521]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. Sorrowful thought, care, or anxiety.
2. Reflection, consideration, or attention.
3. Recollection.
4. The name of a woman.
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 0325-c] Cintā, f. thought, especially sad or sorrowful thought, care, anxiety; reflecting on, reflection, con- sideration, attention; recollection; N. of a woman. —Cintā-karman, a, n. anxiety, troubled thoughts. —Cintā-kārin, ī, iṇī, i, considering, regarding. —Cintākula (°tā-āk°), as, ā, am, disturbed in thought, distracted by any idea. —Cintā-para, as, ā, am, lost in thought, thoughtful, anxious. —Cintā-maṇi, is, m. a fabulous gem, supposed to yield its possessor all desires; the philosopher's stone; a common title of various text-books, treatises, and commentaries (e. g. abhidhāna-cintāmaṇi, upamāna-c°, kṛtya-c°,janma-c°, muhūrta-c°); N. of Brahmā; N. of a Buddha; of an author. —Cintāmaṇi-sāraṇikā or tithi-sāraṇikā, f. title of a work on astrology by Daśa- bala. —Cintā-maya, as, ī, am, consisting of thought or intelligence, produced by thoughts. —Cintā-vat,ān, atī, at, thinking, thoughtful. —Cintā-veśman,a, n. a council-house, council-room. [ID=18626]
चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 1-609] Cintā — came out when Brahmā was in contemplation. Vā. 21. 54. [ID=4842]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 10 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
