प्रचेतस्

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) +‎ चेतस् (cetas), from √चित् (cit)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɽɐ.t͡ɕɐj.t̪ɐs̪/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɽɐˈt͡ɕeː.t̪ɐs̪/

Adjective

प्रचेतस् • (pracetas)

1. attentive, observant, mindful
2. clever
3. wise
   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.80

     हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
     भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति

     haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
     bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati

4. happy, delighted

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 0657