caitta (6357)

caitta
Entry 6357, Page 233, Col. 2

(cEtta, cEtta)
caitta¦, adj. from citta in origin but regularly substan- tivized as masc.; fundamentally a Buddhist word, equiva- lent to caitasika, q.v.; common in AbhidhK., see LaV-P. Index; mental state or condition of being, regularly cpd. or associated with citta, as a duality: Laṅk 150.14 citta- caitta-kalāpo, mind and the whole mass of mental things (et alibi in Laṅk); MadhK 11.9 citta-caittānāṃ; 274.7 -citta- caitta-, la pensée et ses dérivés, ed. note. See esp. AbhidhK. ii.149 citta-caittāḥ (note masc.!) sahāvaśyam; LaV-P., note, says citta = manas = vijñāna; caitta = caitasa = caitasika = cittasaṃprayukta (cf. also ii.150).