# चिन्ता (cintā)

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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).

- **Root:** चिन्त् (cint)
- **SLP1:** `cintA`  **IAST:** cintā  **Devanagari:** चिन्ता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinta_%28mentation%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chinta/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चिन्त (cinta)

## Meanings by context

### Thought, Reflection, and Associated Care/Anxiety (10 definitions)
- Thought, care, or anxiety  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- consideration  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > consideration, Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) xii f. [ ID=74118 ]
- 1. Thought, reflection, consideration. 2. Uneasiness, apprehension, anxiety.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- Reflexion, consideration, recollection  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- Reflection, thought  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 287-a ] चिन्ता (cintā) ( न्ता ) ((ntā)) 1. f. Reflection, thought. [ ID=14686 ]
- Reflection, consideration, recollection.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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). [ ID=15221 ]
- 1. Thinking. 2. Thought. 3. Care.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 0306-a ] चिन्ता (cintā) cint + ā, f. 1. Thinking, Bhāṣāp. 65. 2. Thought, Rājat. 5, 11. 3. Care, Pañc. i. d. 226. — Comp. An-anya-cinta, adj. having one's thoughts fixed on one only object, Rām. 5, 57, 8. Niścinta, i. e. nis-, adj. 1. free from thought, MBh. 14, 1307. 2. Careless, Hariv. 10302. [ ID=5007 ]
- 1. Thought, consideration, or reflection. 2. Care or sorrow.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 173 ] चिन्ता (cintā) f. thought, consideration, reflection, care or sorrow about ( gen., loc., or उपरि (upari) ). [ ID=10579 ]
- 1. Thought. 2. Anxious thought or sorrow. 3. Plans.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 156-a ] cintā, f. —1. thought; —2. esp. (like μέριμνα), anxious or sad thought; sorrow; —3. plans, 43 3. [ √cint. ] [ ID=1521 ]
- 1. Sorrowful thought, care, or anxiety. 2. Reflection, consideration, or attention. 3. Recollection. 4. The name of a woman.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]

### Proper Noun (Name or Personification) (2 definitions)
- a woman's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 398,2] N. of a woman, Rājataraṃgiṇī (Title) viii, 3453. [ ID=74119 ]
- born from the contemplation of Brahma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > चिन्ता (cintā) [Printed book page 1-609 ] Cintā — came out when Brahmā was in contemplation. Vā. 21. 54. [ ID=4842 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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