The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Cinteti & ceteti [Sk. cetati to appear, perceive, & cinta- yati to think, cit (see citta2) in two forms: (a) Act,
base with nasal infix cint (cp. muñc, yuñj, siñc, etc.); (b) Med. base (denom.) with gu*a cet (cp. moc, yoj,
sec, etc, & the analogous formations of chid, chind, ched under chindati) to *(s)qait: see citta1, with which
further cp.
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caksu, cikita, ciketi, cikitsati, & in meaning passati (he sees=he knows), Gr. oi)da=vidi, E. view=thought,
Ger. anschauung] -- Forms: (a) cint: pres. cinteti. pot. cinteyya; ppr. cintento & cintayanto (Sn 834); -- aor.
cintesi, 3rd pl. cintesu' (J i.149), acintayu' (Sn 258); -- ger. cintetv! (J i.279) & cintiya (Mhvs vii.17, 32); -
- grd. cinteyya & cintetabba; pp. cintita (q. v.). Cp. also cintana, cintin. -- (b) cet: pres. ceteti & cetayati (S
i.121), pot. cetaye (Pv ii.97= cinteyya PvA 116); ppr. cetay!na (J v.339); fut. cetessati (Vin iii.19); -- aor.
acetayi (Pv i.66=cetesi PvA 34); -- ger cecca (Vin iii.112; iv.290); also cicca: see sañ˚. -- grd. cetabba (for
*cetetabba only at J iv.157, v. l. ceteyya, expl. by cintetabba); -- pp. cetayita (q. v.). Cp. also cetan!. Note.
The relation in the use of the two forms is that cet is the older & less understood form, since it is usually
expld by cint, whereas cint is never expld by cet & therefore appears to be the more frequent & familiar
form. Meaning: (a) (intr.) to think, to reflect, to be of opinion, Grouped with (phu&&ho) vedeti, ceteti,
sañj!n!ti he has the feeling, the awareness (of the feeling), the consciousness S iv.68. Its seat is freq.
mentioned with manas! (in the heart), viz. manas! di&&higat!ni cintayanto Sn 834; na p!pa' manas! pi
cetaye Pv ii.97; J i.279; PvA 13 (he thought it over), ib. (eva' c. you think so); Sdhp 289 ("disa' c. id.)
Mhvs vii.18, 32; Miln 233 (cintayati), 406 (cintayitabba). -- Prohibitive: m! cintayi don't think about it,
don't worry, don't be afraid, never mind J i.50, 292, 424; iii.289; vi.176; pl. m! cintayittha J i.457; iv.414;
vi.344; Vism 426; DhA i.12; iii.196; also m! cintesi J iii.535. -- (b) (with acc.) to ponder, think over,
imagine, think out, design, scheme, intend, plan. In this sense grouped with (ceteti) pakappeti anuseti to
intend, to start to perform, to carry out S ii.65. mara*a' !kankhati cetayati (ponders over) S i.121;
acinteyy!ni na cintetabb!ni A ii.80; cetabba -- r(pa (a fit object of thought, a good thought) J iv.157 (=
cintetabba); loka -- cinta' c. S v.447; ajjhattar(pe, etc. ceteti Vin iii.113; mangal!ni acintayu' Sn 258;
di&&higat!ni cintayanto Sn 834; ki' cintesi J i.221; sokavinayan' -- up!ya' c. to devise a means of dispelling
the grief PvA 39. -- Esp. with p!pa' & p!paka' to intend evil, to have ill -- will against (c. dat.): m!
p!paka' akusala' citta' cinteyy!tha S v.418; na p. cetaye manas! pi Pv ii.97 (=cinteyya, piheyya PvA
116); p. na cintetabba PvA 114; tass! p. acetayi Pv i.66 (=cetesi PvA 34); ki' amh!ka' cintesi what do you
intend against us? J i.211. -- (c) (with dat.) (restricted to ceteti) to set one's heart on, to think upon, strive
after, desire: !gatipunabbhav!ya c. to desire a future rebirth S iv.201; vimokkh!ya c. to strive after
emancipation S iii.121; attavy!badh!ya c. M iii.23=A i.157=S iv.339; pabbajj!ya c. It 75; rakkh!ya me
tva' vihito . . . ud!hu me cetayase vadh!ya J iii.146 -- acinteyya that which must not or cannot be thought
A ii.80 (catt!ri ˚!ni four reflections to be avoided); VvA 323 (a. buddhânubh!va unimaginable majesty of a
B.).
Cipi&a
Cipi&a (adj.) [pp. to cip (?) see next: cp. Sk. cipi&a grain flattened after boiling] pressed flat, flattened VvA
222. To be read also at J vi.185 for vippita.
Cippiyam!na
Cippiyam!na [ppr. Pass. of cip, see cipi&a] crushed flat (Rh. D.; cp. also Kern Toev.) Miln 261.
Cimilik!
Cimilik! (f.) see cilimik! Vin ii.150; iv.40; Cp. Vin. Texts iii.167; J.P.T.S. 1885, 39.
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