citta

American  

[chit-uh] / ˈtʃɪt ə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the intellect or cognitive facility.

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Etymology

Origin of citta

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

They stand to the more purist kinds of geometrical abstraction as the plan of a hill town does to a Renaissance citta ideale.

From Time Magazine Archive

Condemned in absentia to death by burning, Dante for the last 20 years of his life wandered in exile from the "bella citta" he loved.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the citta or consciousness takes the phenomena of contact, etc., and cognizes them.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

For example, after the strophe, "Sei la citta del pianto, e questa reggia quella del duol," comes a slight glimmering of hope, and then, "Madman that I am! whither does my grief lead me?"

From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig

The virtù generativa degli uomini, which is always the same, is found face to face with the virtù nutritiva delle citta.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm