cEtanyaM [ cetanasya BAnaH zyaY ] 1 Spirit, life, intelligence, vitality, sensation. 2 Soul, spirit, mind; U. 1. 36. ( pb ) 3 Consciousness, feeling, sensation, sense; U. 1. 48. 4 (In Vedānta phil. ) The supreme spirit considered as the essence of all being and source of all sensation. — nyaH N. of a modern reformer of the Vaiṣṇava faith.