cetanā
Cetanā，[f．abstr．fr．cet，see cinteti] state of ceto in action，thinking as active thought，intention，purpose，will．Defined as action （kamma：A iii．415; cp．KV．VIII，9，§ 38 untraced quotation; cp．A．V，292）．Often combd w．patthanā & paṇidhi （wish & aspiration），e．g．S．II，99，154; A．I，32，224; V 212; Nd2 112 （in def．of asucimanussā，people of ignoble action：asuciyā cetanāya，patthanāya，paṇidhinā samannāgatā）．Also classed with these in a larger group in KV．，e．g．343，380．-- Combd w．vedanā saññā c．citta phassa manasikāra in def．of nāmakāya （opp．rūpakāya） S．II，3 （without citta），Ps．I，183 （do．）; Nett 77，78．-- Enumd under the four blessings of vatthu，paccaya，c．，guṇātireka （-sampadā） & def．as “cetanāya somanassa-sahagatañāṇa-sampayutta-bhāvo＂ at DhA．III，94．-- C．is opposed to cetasika （i．e．ceto） in its determination of the 7 items of good conduct （see sīla） which refers to actions of the body （or are wilful，called cetanākamma Nett 43，96; otherwise distinguished as kāya- & vacīkammantā A．V，292 sq．），whereas the 3 last items （sīla 8--10） refer to the behaviour of the mind （cetasikakamma Nett．，mano-kammanta A），viz．the shrinking back from covetousness，malice，& wrong views．‹-› Vin．III，112; S．III，60; A．II，232 （kaṇhassa kammassa pahānāya cetanā：intention to give up wrong-doing）; VvA．72 （vadhaka-cetanā wilful murder）; maraṇacetanā intention of death DhA．I，20; āhār’āsā cetanā intention consisting in deśire for food Vism．537．‹-› PvA．8，30 （pariccāga° intention to give）; Pug．12; Miln．94; Sdhp．52，72．-- In scholastic lgg．often expld as cetanā sañcetanā sañcetayitatta （viz．state or behaviour of volition） Dhs．5; Vbh．285．-- Cp．Dhs．58 （+citta）; Vbh．401 （id．）; Vbh．40，403; Vism．463 （cetayatī ti cetanā; abhisandahatī ti attho）．（Page 271）