# प्रचेतस् (pracetas)

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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 — E. pra best, first, cetas the heart
- **SLP1:** `pracetas`  **IAST:** pracetas  **Devanagari:** प्रचेतस्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prachetas
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/prachetas/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्राचेतस् (prācetas)

## Meanings by context

### Epithet or Role for Other Divine/Mythological Figures (8 definitions)
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Pracetas 2 = Śiva: VII, 9454. [ ID=8443 ]
- a name of Shanti Agni  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 2-402 ] Pracetas (II) (Praśānti): a name of Śanti Agni. Br. II. 12. 29; Vā. 29. 27. [ ID=8453 ]
- a composer of Vedic hymns  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Pracetas (III) — a Mantrakṛt; see Cyavana. Br. II. 32. 104; III. 1. 92; Vā. 65. 54, 88. [ ID=8454 ]
- a Paravata god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Pracetas (IV) — a Pārāvata god. Br. II. 36. 13. Vā. 62. 12. [ ID=8455 ]
- a god of the Prasuta group  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Pracetas (V) — a god of Prasūta group. Br. II. 36. 70. [ ID=8456 ]
- a god of the Lekha group  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Pracetas (VI) — a god of the Lekha group. Br. II. 36. 75. [ ID=8457 ]
- 1. One of the mind-born sons of Brahma. 2. A mantrakrit.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 father of the Yakshas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Pracetas (IX) — the father of the Yakṣas. Vā. 69. 11. [ ID=8460 ]

### 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.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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) ) 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 ]
- 1. Varuna 2. The grandsons of Varuna 3. Name of a sage and lawgiver 4. Happy or delighted  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. An epithet of Varuna. 2. Name of an ancient sage and lawgiver.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Happy or delighted. 2. Varuna, the regent of water. 3. The name of a saint and law-giver.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्र (pra) चेतस् (cetas) (pracetas) [Printed book page 475-a ] 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0584-a ] 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 ]
- 1. Attentive, knowing, or wise. 2. An epithet of Varuna.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 332 ] प्रचेतस् (pracetas) a. attentive, knowing, wise; m. E. of Varuṇa. [ ID=20154 ]
- 1. Attentive, wise, or intelligent. 2. Happy or delighted. 3. An epithet of Varuna. 4. The name of a Prajapati and other historical figures.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]

### Named Princes, Sons, or Kings (5 definitions)
- the name of a prince, son of Duduha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( प्र - (pra-) ) N. of a prince (son of Duduha), Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=130704.4 ]
- a son of Duryaman  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( प्र - (pra-) ) N. of a son of Duryāman, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=130704.5 ]
- name of a son of Durmada  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( प्र - (pra-) ) N. of a son of Dur-mada, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=130704.6 ]
- 1. The son of Durdama and father of Shatadharma. 2. An ancient sage or mythical king.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]
- the son of Vidusha who had one hundred sons that became chieftains of northern Mleccha countries  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]

### Ancient Sage or Lawgiver (3 definitions)
- an ancient sage and law-giver  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( 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 ]
- an ancient sage and lawgiver  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0729-b ] 2 N. of an ancient sage and law-giver, Manusmṛti 1. 35. [ ID=19669 ]
- a sage or Prajapati  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 554-1 ] Pracetas 1, a ṛṣi or Prajāpati. § 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 297 (in the palace of Indra).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 436 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 γ, 2512 (came to the investiture of Skanda).— —§ 768 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6830 (the eldest of Prācīnabarhis' ten sons and father of Dakṣa). Cf. Pracetas, pl. Prācetas 1—2. [ ID=8442 ]

### Adjective: Wise, Intelligent, Attentive (2 definitions)
- attentive, observant, mindful, clever, or wise  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- knowing, wise  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 194-a ] prácetas, a. knowing, wise. [ √cit + pra, cf. 1151. 2b.] [ ID=2699 ]

### An epithet of Varuṇa (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Varuna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > प्र - (pra-) ° चेतस् (°cetas) ( प्र - (pra-) ) m. N. of Varuṇa, Harivaṃśa (Title); Kālidāsa (Author); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=130704.2 ]
- An epithet of Varuna  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) [Printed book page 0729-b ] 1 An epithet of Varuṇa; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 2. 21. [ ID=19669 ]

### The Ten Sons of Prācīnabarhis (2 definitions)
- the ten sons of Pracina-barhis and progenitors of Daksha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( 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 ]
- ten brothers of the same name  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Pracetas 3, pl. ( °asaḥ ). § 237 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 196, 7266 (ten brothers of the same name, P. married a vārkṣī; cf. Harivaṃśa, v. 66 foll.). [ ID=8444 ]

### Adjective: Happy, Delighted (1 definition)
- happy, delighted  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( प्र - (pra-) ) happy, delighted, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=130704.1 ]

### Referential Entry (1 definition)
- See above.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > प्रचेतस् (pracetas) pra-cetas. See above. [ ID=30437 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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