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3. c. as emotional habitus: (a) active=intention, contrasted or compared with: (a) will, c. as one of the four
sam!dhis, viz. chanda, viriya, c., v"ma's! D iii.77; S v.268; Vbh 288. -- (b) action, c. as the source of
kamma: citte vy!panne k!yakammam pi vy!panna' hoti "when the intention is evil, the deed is evil as
well" A i.262; citta' appam!*a' . . . ya' kiñci pam!*akata' kamma', etc. A v.299. -- Esp. in contrast to
k!ya & v!c!, in triad k!yena v!c!ya cittena (in deed & speech & will otherwise as k. v. manas!, see under
k!ya III.) S ii.231, 271=iv.112. Similarly ta' v!ca' appah!ya (citta'˚, di&&hi'˚) S iv.319=D iii.13, 15; &
under the constituents of the dakkhi*eyyasampatti as khetta -- sampatti, citta˚, payoga˚ (the recipient of the
gift, the good -- will, the means) VvA 30, 32. -- (b) passive=mood, feelings, emotion, ranging with k!ya &
paññ! under the (3) bh!van! D iii.219; S iv.111; A iii.106; cp. M i.237; Nett 91; classed with k!ya vedan!
dhamm! under the (4) satipa&&h!nas D ii.95, 100, 299 sq.; S v.114, etc. (see k!ya cpds.). As part of the
s"lakkhandha (with s"la ethics, paññ! understanding) in adhis"la, etc. Vin v.181; Ps ii.243; Vbh 325; cp.
tisso sampad!, scil. s"la, citta, di&&hi (see s"la & cp. cetan!, cetasika) A i.269. -- citta & paññ! are frequently
grouped together, e. g. S i.13 = 165; D iii.269; Th i.125 sq. As feeling citta is contrasted with intellection in
the group saññ! c. di&&hi A ii.52; Ps ii.80; Vbh 376. 4. Definitions of citta (direct or implied): cittan ti
viññ!*a' bh(mikavatthu -- !ramma*a -- kiriy!di -- cittat!ya pan' eta' cittan ti vutta' DhA i.228; cittan ti
mano m!nasa' KhA 153; citta' manoviññ!*a' ti cittassa eta' vevacana' Nett 54. ya' citta' mano m!nasa'
hadaya' pa*.ara', etc. Dhs 6=111 (same for def. of manindriya, under § 17; see Buddh. Psych.). As
r(pâvacara citta at Vism 376. V. Citta in its range of semantical applications: (1) heart, will, intention, etc.
(see I.). (a) heart as general status of sensory -- emotional being; its relation to the senses (indriy!ni). A
steadfast & constrained heart is the sign of healthy emotional equilibrium, this presupposes the control over
the senses; sam!daha'su citta' attano ujuka' aka'su, s!rath" va nett!ni gahetv! indriy!ni rakkhanti pa*.it!
S i.26; ujugato -- citto ariyas!vako A iii.285; &hita c. S i.159#; A iii.377=iv.404 (+!nejjappatta); c. na
kampati Sn 268; na vikampate S iv.71; opp. capala' c. Dh 33; khitta˚ a heart unbalanced A ii.52
(+visaññin); opp.: avikkhitta˚ A v.149; PvA 26; c. rakkhita' mahato atth!ya sa'vattati a guarded heart turns
to great profit A i.7; similarly: c. danta', gutta', sa'vuta' ibid. -- citta' rakkhetha medh!v" citta' gutta'
sukh!vaha' Dh 36; cakkhundriya' asa'vutassa viharato citta' vy!siñcati . . . r(pesu S iv.78; ye citta'
saññamessanti mokkhanti M!rabandhan! "from the fetters of M!ra those are released who control their
heart" Dh 37; p!p! citta' niv!raye Dh 116; bhikkhuno c. kulesu na sajjati, gayhati, bajjhati S ii.198 (cp.
Schiller: "Nicht an die Güter hänge dein Herz"). (b) Contact with k!ma & r!ga: a lustful, worldly, craving
heart. -- (a) k!m!: k!m! mathenti citta' Sn 50; S iv.210; k!mar!gena .ayh!mi S i.188; k!me nâpekkhate
citta' Sn 435; m! te k!magu*e bhamassu citta' Dh 371; manussakehi k!mehi citta' vu&&hapetv! S v.409;
na u)!resu k!magu*esu bhog!ya citta' namati A iv.392; S i.92; k!m!sav! pi citta' vimuccati A ii.211, etc.;
k!mesu c. na pakkhandati na ppas"dati na san&i&&hati (my h. does not leap, sit or stand in cravings) D iii.239;
k!mesu tibbas!r!go vy!pannacitto S iii.93; k!m!mise laggacitto (divide thus!) PvA 107. -- (b) r!g!: r!go
citta' anuddha'seti (defilement harasses his heart) S i.185; ii.231=271; A ii.126; iii.393; r!ga --
pariyu&&hita' c. hoti A iii.285; s!rattacitto S iv.73; viratta˚ S iv.74; Sn 235; PvA 168. (g) various:
patibaddha -- c. (fettered in the bonds of ˚) A iv.60; Sn 37, 65; PvA 46, 151, etc. -- pariy!dinna˚ (grasping,
greedy), usually combd w. l!bhena abhibh(ta: S ii.226, 228; iv.125; A iv.160; D iii.249. -- upakkili&&ha˚
(etc.) (defiled) S i.179; iii.151, 232 sq.; v.92 (k!macchando cittassa upakkileso); A i.207; v.93 sq. -- oti**a˚
fallen in love A iii.67; SnA 322. (c) A heart, composed, concentrated, settled, selfcontrolled, mastered,
constrained. -- (a) c. pas"dati (pasanna -- ˚c) (a heart full of grace, settled in faith) S i.98; A i.207; iii.248;
Sn 434; pasanna˚: A iv.209, 213; Sn 316, 403, 690, cp. c. pakkhandati pas"dati S iii.133; A iii.245; also
vippasanna˚: S v.144; Sn 506; cp. vippasannena cetas! Pv i.1010. -- (b) c. santi&&hati in set s. sannis"dati,
ekodihoti, sam!dhiyati (cp. cetaso ekodibh!va) S ii.273; iv.263; A ii.94, 157. -- (g) c. sam!dhiyati
(sam!hita -- c˚, cp. ceto -- samadhi quiescence) D i.13=iii.30, 108; S i.120, 129, 188; iv.78=351; A i.164;
ii.211; iii.17, 280; iv.177; Vbh 227; Vism 376, etc. -- (d) supati&&hita -- c˚ always in formula cat(su
satipa&&h!nesu -- s -- c˚: S iii.93; v.154; 301; D iii.101; A v.195. -- (e) susa*&hita c. S v.74. -- vas"bh(ta c. S
i.132; A i.165. -- danta c. Dh 35. -- (d) "with purpose of heart," a heart set on, striving after, endeavouring,
etc. -- (a) citta' namati (inclines his h. on, with dat: appossukkat!ya S i.137); nekkhamma -- ninna S
iii.233; viveka˚ D iii.283; A iv.233; v.175. -- (b) citta' padahati (pa+dh!: pro -- ti/qhti) in phrase chanda'
janeti v!yamati viriya' !rabbhati c˚ ' pagga*h!ti padahati D iii.221; A ii.15=iv.462; S v.269; Nd2 97; Nett
18. In the same +ense pa -- ni -- dahati (in pa*idhi, pa*ihita bent down on) (cp. ceto -- pa*idhi) S i.133
(tattha) iv.309 (dup˚); v.157; Dh 42=Ud 39; Dh 43 (samm!˚). (e) An evil heart ("out of heart proceed evil