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Citta 98 Citta
manindriya, under § ly ; see Buddh. Psych.). As rup&vacara
citta at Vism 376.
\'. Citta in its range of semantical applications :
(i) heart, will, intention, etc. (see I.).
(a) heart as general status of sensory-emotional
being; its relation to the senses (indriyani). A steadfast
& constrained heart is the sign of healthy emotional
equilibrium, this presupposes the control over the
senses ; samadahai)su cittar) attano ujukai) akagsu,
sSrathi va nettani gahetva indriySni rakkhanti panditi
S 1.26; ujugato-citto ariyasavako A in. 285 ;
thita c.
S i.i59~; A 111.377 = 1V.404 (-(- anejjappatta) ; c. na
kampati Sn 268 ; na vikampate S iv.71 ; opp. capalar)
c. Dh 33 ; khitta° a heart unbalanced A 11.52 {+ visafinin)
; opp. : avikkhitta" A v. 149 ; PvA 26 ; c. rakkhitai]
mahato atthaya sagvattati a guarded heart turns to
great profit A 1.7 ; similarly : c. dantag, guttag, sagvutag
ibid. — cittag rakkhetha medhavi cittag guttag
sukhavahag Dh 36; cakkhundriyag asagvutassa \'iharato
cittag vySsiiicati . . . rupesu S iv.78 ye cittag
;
safliiamessanti mokkhanti MarabandhanS " from the
fetters of Mara those are released who control their
heart" Dh 37; papa cittag nivaraye Dh 116; bhikkhuno
c. kulesu na sajjati, gayhati. bajjhati S 11. 198
" Nicht an die Giiter hange dein Herz ").
(cp. Schiller :
(b) Contact with kama & raga : a lustful, worldly,
craving heart. — (n) kama : kama mathenti cittag
Sn 50 ; S IV. 2 10 ; kamaragena dayhSmi S 1.188 ; kame
napekkhate cittag Sn 435 ; ma te kamagune bhamassu
cittag Dh 371 ; manussakehi kamehi cittag vutthapetva
S v. 409 ; na ujaresu kama^^uQesu bhogSya cittag
namati A iv.392 ; S 1.92 ; kamasava pi cittag vimuccati
A 11.211, etc. ; kamesu c. na pakkhandati na ppasSdati
na santitthati (my h. does not leap, sit or stand in
cravings) D ni.239; kSmesu tibbasSrago vyapannacitto
S 111.93 ; kamamise laggacitto (divide thus !) PvA 107.
— (ci) rdgd : rSgo cittai) anuddhagseti (defilement
harasses his heart) S 1.185; 11.231=271; A 11.126;
IJ1.393 ; raga-pariyutthitari c. hoti A in. 285 ; sarattacitto
S IV. 73; viratta" S iv.74 ; Sn 235; PvA 168.
(y) various : patibaddha — c. (fettered in the bonds of
°) A IV. 60 ; Sn 37, 65 ; PvA
46, 151, etc. — pariyadinna°
(grasping, greedy), usually comb'' w. labhena abhibhSta:
S n.226, 228; iv.125; A iv.160; D 111.249.
— upakkilittha° (etc.) (defiled) S 1.179; 111.151, 232 sq. ;
v. 92 (kamacchando cittassa upakkileso) ; A 1.207 ;
V.93 sq. — otiijna" fallen in love A 111.67 ' ^^A 322
(c) A heart, comjKJsed, concentrated, settled, selfcontrolled,
mastered, constrained. — («) c. pasidati
(pasanna-°c) (a heart full of grace, settled in faith) S
1.98 ; A 1.207 ; III. 248 ; Sn 434 ; pasanna° : A iv.209, 213 ;
Sn 316, 403, 690, cp. c. pakkhandati pasidati S 111.133 ;
A III. ; 245 also vippasanna° : S v. 144; Sn 506; cp.
vippasannena cetasa Pv 1.10'° — (/3) c. santitthati in
set s. sannisidati, ekodihoti, samadhiyati (cp. cetaso
ekodibhava) S 11.273; iv.263 ; A 11.94, '57- — M ^
samadhiyati (samahita-c°, cp. ceto-samadhi quiescence)
D 1.13=111.30, 108 ; S 1.120, 129, 188; IV. 78 = 351 ; A
1.164 ; II. 211 ; 111. 17, 280 ; iv.177 ; Vbh 227 ; Vism 376,
etc. (l) supatitthita-c° always in formula catusu satipatthanesu-s-c°
; S 111.93 ; v. 154 ; 301 ; D 111. 101 ;. A v. 195.
— (t) susanthita c. S V.V4. — vasibhuta c. S 1.132 ;
A 1. 165. — danta c. Dh 35. — (d) "with purpose of
heart," a
etc. — (a)
heart set on, striving
cittag namati (inclines
after, endeavouring,
his h. on, with dat
appossukkataya S 1.137) ; nekkhamma-ninna S 111 233 ;
Nnveka" D 111.283 ; A iv.233 ; v. 175. — (fi) cittag padahati
(pa-(-dh&: irpo TiW/jn) in phrase chandag janeti
vayamati viriyag arabbhati c° g pagganhati padahati
D 111.221 ; A
11.15= IV. 462 ; S V.269; Nd^ 97; Nett 18.
In the same sense pa-ni-dahati (in panidhi, panihita
bent down on) (cp. ceto-panidhi) S 1.133 (tattha)
IV. 309 (dup°) ; V.I 57 ; Dh 42 = Ud 39; Dh 43 (samraa°).
(e) An evil heart (" out of heart proceed evil thoughts "
Mk. 7. 21) — (a) paduttha-c" (cp. ceto-padosa) D 1.20 =
III. 32 ; A 1.8 (opp. pasanna-c°) ; iv.92 ; It 12, 13; Pv
A 33, 43, etc. — {li) Tyapanna-c° : citte vySpanne
kayakammam pi vyapannag hoti A 1.262. Opp. a":
S IV. 322 ; A 11.220. — (7) samoha-c° {+ saraga, etc.)
D 1.79; 11.299; 111-281 ; Vism 410, & passim.
(f) " blessed are the pure in heart," a pure, clean, purified
(cp. Ger. gelautert), emancipated, free, detached
heart, (a) mutta-c°, vimutta-c°, etc. (cp. cetaso vimokkho,
ceto-vimutti, muttena cetasa), 3savehi cittani
muccigsu S 111.132, etc.; vi° Sn p. 149. — vimutta:
S 1.28 (+ subhavita), 29, 46= 52 ; 111.45 (+ viratta), 90 ;
IV. 236 (raga): Sn 23 Nd*
(-(- sudanta) ;
587. — suvi-
mutta: S 1.126, 141, 233; iv.164; A 111.245; v. 29;
Sn 975 (-t-satim5). — (0) cittag parisodheti M 1347;
A 11.211; S IV. 104. — {y) alina c. (unstained) S
1.159; A V.149; Sn 68; 717; Nd' 97 (cp. cetaso
llnatta).
(g) good-will, a loving thought, kindliness, tenderheartedness,
love (" love the Lord with all your heart ").
— (n) metta-c° usually in phrase mettacittai] bhaveti
" to nourish the heart with loving thought," to produce
good-will D 1.167; S 11.264; A 1. 10; v.Pi ; Sn 507 (cp.
metta-sahagatena cetasa). — (0) bhayita-c" *' keep thy
heart with all diligence" (Prov. 4, 23) S 1.188 (H-susamahita)
; iv.294 ; v.369 (saddha-paribhavita) ; A 1.6
(-1-bahuUkata, etc.); Sn 134 ( = S 1.188); Dh 89 = 8
V.29 ; PvA 139.
(h) a heait calmed, allayed, passionless (santa°
upasanta°) D 111.49 ; S 1.141 ; Sn 746.
(i) a wieldy heart, a heart ready & prepared for truth,
an open & receptive mind : kalla"', mudu". udagga°,
pasanna" A iv.186; kalla° PvA 38 (sanctified); lahu"
S 1.201 ; udagga° Sn 689, 1028; S i.igo (-1- mudita)
mudu° PvA 54.
(k) Various phrases. Abbhuta-cittajata " while
wonder filled their hearts " S 1.178 ; evagcitto " in this
state of mind" S 11. 199; Sn 985; cittam me Gotamo
janati (G. knows my heart) S 1.178; thej^a-citto in-
araddha-citto of determined
tending to steal Vin in. 58 ;
mind M 1.414 ; S 11.21, cp. 107 ; Sn p. 102 ; aniiacittar)
upafthapeti S n.267 ; nana" of varying mind J 1.295 .
nihinacitto low-minded PvA 107; nikattha" A ri.137;
ahata" A iv.46o = v.!8; supahata° S 1.238 (cp. Miln
26); visankharagata" Dh 154; sampanna° Sn 164;
vibbhanta" S i.6i = A 1.70 = 11.30 = 111.391.
(2 ) thought : ma papakaq akusalag cittag cintejryatha
(do not think any evil thought) S v.418 ;
tam pi (not even one thought) PvA 3 ; mama
na cittamat-
cittag
bhaveyya (I should think) PvA 40. For further instances
see Dhs & Vbh Indexes & cp. cpds. See also
remarks above (under I.). Citta likened to a monkey
Vism 425.
-4dhipati the influence of thought (adj. "paieyya)
Nett 16; Dhs 269, 359; DhsA 213. Commentators
define c. here as javanacittuppada, our " thought " in
its specialized sense. Compendium of Phil. 177, n. 2.
-dnuparivattin consecutive to thought Dhs 671, 772,
1522 ; -dnupassani the critique of heart, adj. "inu-
passin D 11,299; ni.221, 281; M 1.59 & passim (cp.
kay°) ; -avila disturbance of mind Nd' 576 ("karana)
-ujjukata rectitude of mind Dhs 51, 277, etc. ; -uppada
the rise of a thought, i. e. intention, desire as theyya °tf
uppadesi he had the intention to steal (a thought of
theft) Vin 111.56 — ; M 1.43 ; 111.45 ; J 11.374 ; -ekaggata
" one-pointedness of mind," concentration Nett 15, 16;
\ism 84, 137, 158; DhA in. 425 ; ThA 75; cp.
ekagga-citto A 111.175; -kali a witch of a heart, a
witch-like heart Th 1, 356; -kallata readiness of
heart, preparedness of mind VvA 330 ; -kilesa stain
of h. Dh 88 (DhA n.i62 = pafica nivarana) ; -ke}isa
pastime of the mind Th 1, 1010; -kkhepa derangement
of the mind, madness Vin v. 189= 193 (ummada-(-);
A 111.219 (ummada-H); DhA 111.70 ( = ummada)
; PvA ; 39 Dh 1 38 ; cp. "vikkhepa ; -cetasika
belonging to heart & thought, i. e. mental state,
thought, mind D 1.213; Dhs 1022 (-dhamma, Mrs.
Rh. D. : emotional, perceptual & synthetic states as