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'''Cit''' ({{lang-sa|चित्}} or '''Chit''') is a [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] word meaning [[awareness]]<ref name="SDchit">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130510035740/http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&beginning=0+&tinput=+chit&trans=Translate&direction=AU Sanskrit Dictionary, ''chit'']</ref> or [[consciousness]],<ref name="Maharishi">[http://www.bienfaits-meditation.com/en/maharishi/videos/sat-cit-ananda Maharishi's Teaching, ''Meaning of the word “Satcitananda” (Sat Cit Ananda)'']</ref> "true awareness"{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}, "to be aware of",<ref name="SDchit">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130510035740/http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=HK&beginning=0+&tinput=+chit&trans=Translate&direction=AU Sanskrit Dictionary, ''chit'']</ref> "to understand",<ref name="SDchit" /> "to comprehend".<ref name="SDchit" /> It is a core principle in all ancient spiritual traditions originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]], including [[Hinduism]], [[Sikhism]] and [[Jainism]].