Shiva
Pracetas2 = Śiva: VII, 9454. [ID=8443]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
प्रचेतस्pracetas
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) is a Sanskrit word meaning attentive, observant, mindful, clever, or wise, happy, delighted, an epithet of Varuna, an ancient sage and law-giver, the name of a prince, son of Duduha, a son of Duryaman. Its 31 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Epithet or Role for Other Divine/Mythological Figures, Multi-sense Dictionary Entries, Named Princes, Sons, or Kings.
- Root
- चित् (cit)
- Etymology
- E. प्र best, first, चेतस् the heart
- Definitions
- 31
Meanings by context
Epithet or Role for Other Divine/Mythological Figures
8 definitions
a name of Shanti Agni
[Printed book page 2-402]
Pracetas (II) (Praśānti): a name of Śanti Agni. Br. II. 12. 29; Vā. 29. 27. [ID=8453]
Pracetas (II) (Praśānti): a name of Śanti Agni. Br. II. 12. 29; Vā. 29. 27. [ID=8453]
— The Purana Index
a composer of Vedic hymns
Pracetas (III) — a Mantrakṛt; see Cyavana. Br. II. 32. 104; III. 1. 92; Vā. 65. 54, 88. [ID=8454]
— The Purana Index
a Paravata god
Pracetas (IV) — a Pārāvata god. Br. II. 36. 13. Vā. 62. 12. [ID=8455]
— The Purana Index
a god of the Prasuta group
Pracetas (V) — a god of Prasūta group. Br. II. 36. 70. [ID=8456]
— The Purana Index
a god of the Lekha group
Pracetas (VI) — a god of the Lekha group. Br. II. 36. 75. [ID=8457]
— The Purana Index
1. One of the mind-born sons of Brahma. 2. A mantrakrit.
Pracetas (VII) — one of the Mind-born sons of Brahmā; a Mantrakṛt. M. 3. 7; 102. 19; 145. 98; Vā. 59. 96. [ID=8458]
— The Purana Index
the father of the Yakshas
Pracetas (IX) — the father of the Yakṣas. Vā. 69. 11. [ID=8460]
— The Purana Index
Multi-sense Dictionary Entries
7 definitions
1. Happy or delighted. 2. Varuna, the regent of water. 3. The name of a saint and lawgiver. 4. In the plural, the ten sons of Prachinabarhis.
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas) [Printed book page 560]
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas) mfn. (-ताः (-tāḥ)-ताः (-tāḥ)-तः (-tāḥ-tāḥ-taḥ)) Happy, delighted. m. (-ताः (-tāḥ))
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas) mfn. (-ताः (-tāḥ)-ताः (-tāḥ)-तः (-tāḥ-tāḥ-taḥ)) Happy, delighted. m. (-ताः (-tāḥ))
1 VARUṆA, the regent of water.
2 The name of a saint and lawgiver. m. plu. (-सः (-saḥ)) The ten sons of PRĀCĪNAVARHIS by the daughter of VARUṆA, and the progenitors of DAKṢA.
E. प्र (pra) best, first, चेतस् (cetas) the heart.
[ID=25850]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Varuna
2. The grandsons of Varuna
3. Name of a sage and lawgiver
4. Happy or delighted
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 502-a]
प्र-चेतस् (pra-cetas) (ताः) ((tāḥ)) 5. m. Varuna; plu. his grandsons; name of a sage and lawgiver. a. Happy, delighted. [ID=25336]
प्र-चेतस् (pra-cetas) (ताः) ((tāḥ)) 5. m. Varuna; plu. his grandsons; name of a sage and lawgiver. a. Happy, delighted. [ID=25336]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Varuna. 2. Name of an ancient sage and lawgiver.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 459-13]
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) m. 1. An epithet of Varuṇa, K.S. ii.21; 2. name of an ancient sage who was a law-giver, M. i.35. [ID=23796]
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) m. 1. An epithet of Varuṇa, K.S. ii.21; 2. name of an ancient sage who was a law-giver, M. i.35. [ID=23796]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Happy or delighted.
2. Varuna, the regent of water.
3. The name of a saint and law-giver.
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas) [Printed book page 475-a]
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas)
प्र (pra)चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas)
mfn. (-ताः (-tāḥ)-ताः (-tāḥ)-तः (-tāḥ-tāḥ-taḥ)) Happy, delighted.
m. (-ताः (-tāḥ))
1. VARUṆA, the regent of water.
2. The name of a saint and law-giver. m. plu. (-सः (-saḥ)) The ten sons of PRACHĪNAVARHI by the daughter of VARUṆA, and the progenitors of DAKSHA.
E. प्र (pra) best, first, चेतस् (cetas) the heart.
[ID=26211]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Wise, intelligent. 2. A name of Varuna. 3. The name of a Rishi. 4. The ten sons of Prachinabarhis. 5. The name of a king.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0584-a]
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) pra-cetas, I. adj. Wise,
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) pra-cetas, I. adj. Wise,
intelligent. II. m. 1. A name of Va-
ruṇa. 2. The name of a Ṛṣi. 3.
(also pracetas + a), m. pl. The ten
sons of Pracīnavarhis. 4. The name
of a king.
[ID=9393]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Attentive, knowing, or wise. 2. An epithet of Varuna.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 332]
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) a. attentive, knowing, wise; m. E. of Varuṇa. [ID=20154]
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) a. attentive, knowing, wise; m. E. of Varuṇa. [ID=20154]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Attentive, wise, or intelligent.
2. Happy or delighted.
3. An epithet of Varuna.
4. The name of a Prajapati and other historical figures.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0607-a]
Pra-cetas, ās, ās, as, attentive, observant, con- versant or familiar with, clever, wise, intelligent (mostly Ved. as an epithet of the gods and especially of Agni and the Ādityas); happy, delighted; (ās), m. an epithet of Varuṇa regent of the waters; N. of a Prajā-pati (an ancient sage and law-giver, Manu 1. 35); of a prince (son of Duduha); of a son of Dur-yāman; of a son of Dur-mada; (asas), m. pl. the ten sons of Prācīna-barhis by a daughter of Varuṇa (they are the progenitors of Dakṣa; in this sense also written pra-cetasa). [ID=30421]
Pra-cetas, ās, ās, as, attentive, observant, con- versant or familiar with, clever, wise, intelligent (mostly Ved. as an epithet of the gods and especially of Agni and the Ādityas); happy, delighted; (ās), m. an epithet of Varuṇa regent of the waters; N. of a Prajā-pati (an ancient sage and law-giver, Manu 1. 35); of a prince (son of Duduha); of a son of Dur-yāman; of a son of Dur-mada; (asas), m. pl. the ten sons of Prācīna-barhis by a daughter of Varuṇa (they are the progenitors of Dakṣa; in this sense also written pra-cetasa). [ID=30421]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Named Princes, Sons, or Kings
5 definitions
the name of a prince, son of Duduha
(प्र- (pra-)) N. of a prince (son of Duduha), Harivaṃśa (Title) [ID=130704.4]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a son of Duryaman
(प्र- (pra-)) N. of a son of Duryāman, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ID=130704.5]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
name of a son of Durmada
(प्र- (pra-)) N. of a son of Dur-mada, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=130704.6]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. The son of Durdama and father of Shatadharma. 2. An ancient sage or mythical king.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 2-401]
Pracetas (I) — the son of Durdama; had a hundred sons who went to the North as lords of the Mlecchas.1 Father of Śatadharma.2
Page2-402+ 23
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 23. 15-16; Br. III. 74. 11-12; Vā. 99. 11.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 17. 4-5.]
[ID=8452]
Pracetas (I) — the son of Durdama; had a hundred sons who went to the North as lords of the Mlecchas.1 Father of Śatadharma.2
Page2-402+ 23
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 23. 15-16; Br. III. 74. 11-12; Vā. 99. 11.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. IV. 17. 4-5.]
[ID=8452]
— The Purana Index
the son of Vidusha who had one hundred sons that became chieftains of northern Mleccha countries
Pracetas (VIII) — the son of Viduṣa; had 100 sons, all chieftains of the Mleccha countries of the northern regions. M. 48. 8-9. [ID=8459]
— The Purana Index
Ancient Sage or Lawgiver
3 definitions
an ancient sage and law-giver
(प्र- (pra-)) N. of a Prajā-pati (an ancient sage and law-giver), Manu-smṛti (Title) i, 35 (-स्मृति (-smṛti) f. N. of wk.) [ID=130704.3]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an ancient sage and lawgiver
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0729-b] 2 N. of an ancient sage and law-giver, Manusmṛti 1. 35. [ID=19669]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a sage or Prajapati
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 554-1]
Pracetas1, a ṛṣi or Prajāpati. § 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II,
Pracetas1, a ṛṣi or Prajāpati. § 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II,
7, 297 (in the palace of Indra).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.):
II, 11, 436 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 615u (Skanda):
IX, 45γ, 2512 (came to the investiture of Skanda).—
—§ 768b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6830 (the eldest
of Prācīnabarhis' ten sons and father of Dakṣa). Cf.
Pracetas, pl. Prācetas1—2.
[ID=8442]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Adjective: Wise, Intelligent, Attentive
2 definitions
attentive, observant, mindful, clever, or wise
(H3) [Printed book page 657,2]
प्र- (pra-)°चेतस् (°cetas) (प्र- (pra-)), mfn. attentive, observant, mindful, clever, wise (said of the gods, esp. of Agni and the Ādityas), Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) ; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=130704]
प्र- (pra-)°चेतस् (°cetas) (प्र- (pra-)), mfn. attentive, observant, mindful, clever, wise (said of the gods, esp. of Agni and the Ādityas), Ṛg-veda (Title) ; Atharva-veda (Title) ; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) ; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) [ID=130704]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
knowing, wise
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 194-a]
prácetas, a. knowing, wise. [√cit + pra, cf. 1151. 2b.] [ID=2699]
prácetas, a. knowing, wise. [√cit + pra, cf. 1151. 2b.] [ID=2699]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
An epithet of Varuṇa
2 definitions
an epithet of Varuna
प्र- (pra-)°चेतस् (°cetas) (प्र- (pra-)) m. N. of Varuṇa, Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Kālidāsa (Author) ; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ID=130704.2]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
An epithet of Varuna
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0729-b] 1 An epithet of Varuṇa; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 2. 21. [ID=19669]
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The Ten Sons of Prācīnabarhis
2 definitions
the ten sons of Pracina-barhis and progenitors of Daksha
(प्र- (pra-)) pl. (w.r. प्राच् (prāc)° (°)) N. of the 10 sons of Prācīna-barhis by a daughter of Varuṇa (they are the progenitors of Dakṣa), Mahābhārata (Title) ; Harivaṃśa (Title) ; Purāṇas (Literary category) [ID=130704.7]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
ten brothers of the same name
Pracetas3, pl. (°asaḥ). § 237 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 196, 7266
(ten brothers of the same name, P. married a vārkṣī; cf.
Harivaṃśa, v. 66 foll.).
[ID=8444]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Adjective: Happy, Delighted
1 definition
happy, delighted
(प्र- (pra-)) happy, delighted, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=130704.1]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Referential Entry
1 definition
See above.
प्रचेतस् (pracetas) pra-cetas. See above. [ID=30437]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.