Sanskrit

Noun

चेतस् • ‎(cétas) n

1. splendour
2. consciousness, intelligence, thinking soul, heart, mind
   • RV 5.73.6b

     युवोर अत्रिश चिकेतति नरा सुम्नेन चेतसा |

     घर्मं यद वाम अरेपसं नासत्यास्ना भुरण्यति ||

     yuvor atriś ciketati narā sumnena cetasā |

     gharmaṃ yad vām arepasaṃ nāsatyāsnā bhuraṇyati ||

     Atri bethinks himself of you, O Heroes, with a friendly mind,

     What time, Nāsatyas, with his mouth he stirs the spotless flame for you.

   • RV 9.83.2d

     तपोष पवित्रं विततं दिवस पदे शोचन्तो अस्य तन्तवो वयस्थिरन |

     अवन्त्यस्य पवीतारमाशवो दिवस पर्ष्ठमधितिष्ठन्ति चेतसा ||

     tapoṣ pavitraṃ vitataṃ divas pade śocanto asya tantavo vyasthiran |

     avantyasya pavītāramāśavo divas pṛṣṭhamadhitiṣṭhanti cetasā ||

     High in the seat of heaven is spread the Scorcher's sieve: its threads are standing separate, glittering with light.

     The Swift Ones favour him who purifieth this: with consciousness they stand upon the height of heaven.

3. will

Compounds

• अचेतस् ‎(acetas) (a-cetás)
• दभ्रचेतस् ‎(dabhracetas) (dabhrá-cetas)
• प्रचेतस् ‎(pracetas), (prá-cetas)
• लघुचेतस् ‎(laghucetas) (laghu-cetas)
• विचेतस् ‎(vicetas) (ví-cetas)
• सचेतस् ‎(sacetas) (sá-cetas)
• सुचेतस् ‎(sucetas) (su-cétas)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0398