Caitasika: 5 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra1) Caitasika (चैतसिक) or Caitasikadharma refers to the “(other) mental dharmas”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “Outside of feeling, there are other mental dharmas (caitasikadharma). Mental dharmas that have as object an inner dharma are inner dharmas; mental dharmas that have as object an outer dharma, the unconditioned (asaṃskṛta) or the formations dissociated from the mind are outer dharmas. Furthermore, the dharmas that are the object (ālambana) of the mental consciousness (manovijñāna) are inner dharmas, for it has been said by the Buddha: ‘The mental consciousness arises in dependence on the object’. Here, except for feeling, the other mental dharmas (caitasikadharma) are inner dharmas, whereas the other formations dissociated from the mind and the unconditioned dharmas (asaṃskṛta-dharma) are outer dharmas.
2) Caitasika (चैतसिक) or Caitasikaduḥkha refers to “mental (suffering)”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “The four immeasurable feelings (apramāṇa-citta) are loving-kindness (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), joy (muditā) and equanimity (upekṣā). [...] Karuṇā is to think with compassion of beings who are suffering in the five destinies (gati) all sorts of bodily suffering (kāyika-duḥkha) and mental suffering (caitasika-duḥkha). [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCaitasika (चैतसिक).—fem. °kī, adj., rarely quasi-subst. with ellipsis of dharma, sometimes written cetasika, q.v. (= Pali cetasika); in the following cait° is written except in the passages listed s.v. cet°; mental, of the mind: often contrasted with kāyika, sometimes also with vācika; sarva- kāyika-caitasika-prapīḍitāny Gaṇḍavyūha 96.4; kāyika-caitasi- kaṃ…sukhaṃ 169.10; kāyikaṃ caitasikaṃ (sc. sukham) Bodhisattvabhūmi 26.2; cetasikena (parallel to kāyikena and vācikena) sthāmena Mahāvastu ii.260.7; kāyikaṃ ca me duḥkhaṃ cetasikaṃ ca Avadāna-śataka i.31.14; kāyikāḥ klamāḥ caitasikāḥ (so!) apy upāyāsāḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 194.21; without such contrasting words, °kī (sc. vedanā) Mahāvyutpatti 7551; caitasikenābhyāsena Śikṣāsamuccaya 33.16; cittāni caitasika-saṃjñi (acc. pl. of -saṃjñā) vitarkitāni Lalitavistara 151.13; especially with dharma, regularly pl., mental states or conditions of existence, °kā dharmāḥ Mahāvyutpatti 1922; read cetasikā in Mahāvastu iii.66.7, 14 (ye…dharmā pratītya utpad- [Page233-b+ 71] yante, so substantially with mss.,…) te…cetasikā (Senart vedayitā; mss. in 14 cetasitā or °yitā, one ms. in 7 veṭayitā); na cittaṃ na cetasikā dharmāḥ Kāśyapa Parivarta 103.5, there is no mind, no mental states of existence; cittacaitasi- kānām eva dharmāṇām Bodhisattvabhūmi 99.4, and °kā dharmāḥ 5, apparently the mind's mental states, states that are mental as belonging to the mind (?), compare Pali citta-cetasikā dhammā, Dhammasaṅgaṇi 1022 ff. But in other occurrences of both together, in Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], cittam and caitasikā dharmāḥ (cetasikā dhammā), or caitasika (usually masc. pl.) with dh° understood, constitute a duality, the mind and mental states-of-being. (For Pali see e.g. Vism. i.84.25 citta- cetasikānaṃ samaṃ sammā ca ādhānaṃ; mind and mental properties, Maung Tin.) Cf. Kāśyapa Parivarta 103.5, above, and: kuśalānāṃ ca citta-caitasikānām (so read) anusmṛtir Śikṣāsamuccaya 33.13, remembrance of meritorious mind and mental states. In Divyāvadāna 352.15 kīdṛśās te cittacetasikāḥ (certainly sc. dharmāḥ) pravartante, kliṣṭā vākliṣṭā vā, and similarly in the sequel, the [compound] may perhaps be a Tatp., mental states of the mind, rather than a dvandva. On the other hand compare Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) xi.30, commentary, marīcikopamau dvau dhar- mau, cittaṃ caitasikāś ca; here the duality is obvious, and dharmāḥ is certainly to be supplied with cait°. In Abhidharmakośa the usual equivalent is caitta, q.v.; note that the word dharma regularly has to be supplied, or at least is not expressed, but note LaV-P. viii.159 avasthāviśeṣo 'pi hi nāma cetasaś caitasiko bhavati (is dharmaḥ here also to be supplied with the masc. quasi-subst. caitasiko ?). As in Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) above, they are false, delusive, illusory.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaitasika (चैतसिक):—[from caitayata > caitaki] mfn. relating to the mind (cetas, as duties), [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Caitasikadharma, Caitasikaduhkha.
Ends with: Akushalacaitasika, Kushalacaitasika.
Full-text: Cetasika, Caitta, Kayika, Adhyatmikaduhkha, Kshanekshana, Prashrabdhi, Caitasikadharma, Samjnin, Fivefold-path, Duhkha, Adhyatmika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. The four trances (dhyāna) according to the Abhidharma < [Class 2: The four trances]
VII. Ills of the world (2) Wretchedness of lands < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
I. The knowledge of knowing another’s mind (paracittajñāna) < [Part 2 - Distinguishing the movements of mind of all beings]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Definition < [Chapter II - Mental States]
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XLII - On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c) < [Section Nine]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 10 - The Schools of Theravada Buddhism < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
Critique of various theories of causation < [Chapter 6: A Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Alātaśānti Prakaraṇa]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)