चित्त chitt

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Documented definition

Usual or cultural meaning

Mind or heart in a psychological sense: the inner life of thoughts, feelings, intentions and attention. Indian philosophical traditions assign varying functions to the term within their respective systems.

BK meaning

In the passages studied, the heart or inner mind, where joy and contentment are experienced and thoughts about others may be held. The teaching encourages keeping it cheerful and clean, especially by not inwardly retaining others’ mistakes. These attestations do not define चित्त as an autonomous faculty distinct from मन and बुद्धि.