In Homoeopathy, the Mind section of the repertory plays a crucial role in understanding the patient’s mental and emotional state. Mental symptoms often guide the physician toward the individualized remedy, which is a fundamental principle of classical homoeopathy.

The Mind Rubrics in the repertory describe different psychological states, behaviors, emotions, fears, delusions, and reactions of the patient. Understanding the meaning of each rubric is essential for students and practitioners to select the correct rubric during case-taking and repertorization.

This article explains the meaning of Mind Rubrics as described in the Kent Repertory, including their grammatical form, Hindi meaning, and simple explanations to help students clearly differentiate between similar rubrics.

Mind Rubrics Meaning (Kent Repertory)

(1) ABANDONED (see FORSAKEN)

• a-ban-dend (adjective)
• tyag dena
• feeling of being left alone, without help.

(2) ABRUPT

• a-brept (adjective)
• achanak
• broken off, suddenly
• unexpected, without any pre-warning

(3) ABSENT MINDED (see FORGETFULL)

• ab-sent-min-ded (adjective)
• shuny mastak
• tend to forget things; not notice things.

(4) ABSORBED, buried in thoughts

• ab-sorb-zorb (verb)
• avshoshit
• buried in thoughts, closely resembling the dreamy state of mind.
• higher thoughts, but he is not conscious of them.

(5) ABSTRACTION of mind

• ab-strak-shen (noun)
• sar-grahan
• an idea, which can not lead to any practical result.
• something visionary
• a destrictive symptom, something in the mind has been lost.

(6) ABUSIVIE

• a-byu-siv (adjective)
• apmanjanak
• using harsh words.
• habit of insulting languages as a routine.

(7) ACTIVITY (see INDUSTRIOUS)

• ak-ti-ve-te (noun)
• gati:vidhi
• behavior or action of a particular kind.

(8) ACUTENESS (see MEMORY)

• a-kyut-ness (adjective)
• tivrta
• very serious or dangerous;
• Requiring serious attention or action.

(9) ADMONITION

• ad-me-ni-shen (noun)
• chetawani
• warning against fault.

(10) AFFECTATION

• a-fek-ta-shen (noun)
• dikhawa
• an artificial behavior to impress others.

(11) AFFECTIONATE (see LOVE, INDIFFERENCE)

• a-fek-she-net (adjective)
• premi
• state of love or attachment.

(12) AGITATION (see EXCITEMENT)

• a-je-ta-shen (noun)
• ashaanti
• a state of anxiety or nervous excitement

(13) AIR castles (see THEORIZING)

• er (noun)
• hawa mahel
• making theories which may not be practicable.

(14) AMBITION, [ loss of (see INDOLENCE) ]

• am-bi-shen (noun)
• mahatv-kanksha
• an ardent desire for rank and power.

(15) AMOROUS (see LEWDNESS & LASCIVIOUS, also GENITALIA)

• a-me-res (adjective)
• premaatur
• an intense desire for love, especially sexual.

(16) AMUSEMENT

• a-myuz-ment (noun)
• manoranjan
• desire to play or entertainment
• pleasurable diversions. E.g, amusement park

(17) ANGER, irascibility (see IRRITABILITY & QURRELSOME)

• an-ger (verb)
• gussa
• a strong feeling of displeasure and usually of antagonism.

(18) ANSWERS

• an-ser (noun)
• jawab
• the correct response to a question by saying or writing.

(19) ANTAGONISM

• an-ta-ge-ni-zem (noun)
• bair
• actively expressed opposition.
• contradiction against one’s will.

(20) ANTHROPOPHOBIA (see FEAR)

• anthrop (human being); phobia(fear)
• manav se bhay
• fear of man, of mankind.
• interpersonal relation phobia or social phobia, is a pathological fear of people or human company.

(21) ANTICIPATION, complaints from

• an-ti-se-pa-shen (noun)
• purv-anuman
• anxiety for a good things.
• the act of realization in advance, hope or expectation.

(22) ANTICS, plays

• an-tik (noun)
• harkatein
• plays tricky.

(23) ANXIETY

• an-zi-e-te (noun)
• chinta
• a state of feeling discomfort about something come or happen.

(24) APATHY (see INDIFFERENCE)

• a-pa-the (noun)
• nithuraee
• a lack of feeling, emotion, intrest or concern.
• it is a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions.

(25) APHASIA (see SPEECH, MISTAKES, FORGETFULL)

• a-fa-zh-e (noun)
• botli band hona
• loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage.

(26) APPREHENSIONS (see FEAR, ANXIETY, etc.)

• a-pri-hen-shen (noun)
• shanka
• fear with an element of doubt and expectation of something unpleasant to happen.

(27) ARDENT

• ar-dent (adjective)
• utsahi
• extremely eager enthusiastic devoted faithful person.

(28) ARROGANCE (see HAUGHTY)

• er-e-gents (noun)
• akad
• a feeling of superiority in an overbearing manner.

(29) ASKS

• ask (noun)
• puchana
• to say or write something to someone, as a way of gaining information; in the form of the question.

(30) ATTENTION (see CONCENTRATION)

• a-tent-shen (noun)
• dhyan
• the act or power of carefully thinking about, listening to, or watching someone or something.

(31) ATTITUDES, assumes strange

• a-te-tyud (noun)
• vyvhar
• a feeling or way of thinking that affects person’s behavior.

(32) AUDACITY

• o-da-se-te (noun)
• dhrusht:ta
• a negative boldness.
• daring boldness with assurances, too much self confidence.

(33) AUTOMATIC (see UNCONSCIOUS)

• o-te-ma-tik (adjective)
• sv:chalit
• happening or done without deliberate thought or effort.

(34) AVARICE

• a-ve-ras (noun)
• lobh
• extreme greed for wealth for material gain.

(35) AVERSION

• a-ver-zhen (noun)
• ghruna
• a firmly settled and vehement dislike.
• a strong feeling of not liking something or someone.

(36) BAD news, ailment from

• bad (adjective)
• kharab
• low or poor in quality; serious information causes sickness.

(37) BARKING

• bark (verb)
• chaal, bhaunkna
• speaking in loud, curt and angry tone.

(38) BASHFUL (see TIMIDITY)

• bash-fel (adjective)
• lajjasheel
• inclined to shrink from publick attention due to shyness.

(39) BATTLES, talks about

• ba-tel (noun)
• yuddh
• a violent fight between people, in which use wapons, each side tries to win a contest.

(40) BED

• bed (noun)
• bistar
• place to sleep.

(41) BEGGING

• beg (verb)
• bhikh mangna
• to ask earnestly or submissively.

(42) BELLOWING

• be-lo (verb)
• garjna
• emit a deep loud roar, shout something, typically in pain or anger.

(43) BEMOANING (see LAMENTING)

• bi-mon (verb)
• rona-pitna
• express discontent or sorrow over something.

(44) BENEVOLENCE

• be-nev-lents (noun)
• bhalai
• tendency to do charitable and generous acts.

(45) BENUMBED (see STUPEFACTION)

• bi-nem (verb)
• sunnn
• deprive of physical or emotional feeling.

(46) BEWILDERED (see CONFUSION)

• bi-will-der (verb)
• hakkaa-bakkaa
• a state of confusion, lack of power to distinguish with certainty.

(47) BITING

• bi-tin (adjective)
• tikshn
• having a sharply critical and often clever quality.

(48) BLACK and sombre

• blak (adjective)
• kala; nirashajanak
• a delusion in which a person feels that heb is sees black objects, people, cloud, etc.

(49) BLINDNESS pretended

• blind-nes (noun)
• andhapan
• a deliberate and knowing attempt to postoneself as blind.

(50) BLOOD cannot look at, or knife

• bled (noun)
• khoon
• cannot look at blood or a knife due to fear.

(51) BOLDNESS (see COURAGEOUS)

• bold (adjective)
• spasht:ta
• not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff.

(52) BREAK things desire to

• brak (verb)
• tutna
• desire to break things and brought in practice to express anger or difference over an issue to cause destruction.

(53) BROODING (see ANXIETY,SADNESS)

• brud (noun)
• vichar magn
• being occupied with things in the present.

(54) BUFFOONERY (see FOOLISH BEHAVIOR)

• fu-ne-re (noun)
• tamasha, mashkhari
• an irrational behavior lacking in judgment.
• behavior that is ridiculous but amusing.

(55) BUSINESS

• biz-nes (noun)
• vyapar
• the activity of making, buying or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money.

(56) BUSY (see OCCUPIED, DELIRIUM)

• bi-ze (adjective)
• vyast
• this is condition where one is actively and attentively angaged in something.

(57) CALMNESS (see TRANQUILITY)

• kam (noun)
• shant
• it is the mental state of peace of mind, being free from agitation, excitement or disturbance.

(58) CALUMNIATE, desire to (see SLANDER)

• ke-lem-ne-at (verb)
• kalank lagana
• utter false statement in order to impair public repitation of others.

(59) CAPRICIOUSNESS

• ke-pri-shes (adjective)
• man:mauji
• sudden change of opinions and purposes without any reasons.

(60) CAREFULLNESS

• ker-fel-nes (noun)
• satarkta
• a close attentiveness to avoiding danger.

(61) CARELESS (see HEEDLESS)

• ker-les (adjective)
• laparvah
• do not pay attention what other say or think about him.

(62) CARES, full of (see ANXIETY)

• ker (noun)
• dekh-bhal
• effort made to do something correctly, safely or without causing damage.

(63) CARPHOLOGIA (see GESTURES)

• !
• na chahte hue bhi bistar ke kapdo ko nochna-fadna, jaise tez bukhar mein hota hai.
• a lint-picking behavior that is often a symptom of a delirious state.
• the action of picking or grasping at imaginary objects, as well as the patient’s own clothes or bed lines.

(64) CARRIED, desires to be

• ker-e (verb)
• le jana
• a mental condition in which he wants to be lapped and carried.

(65) CAUTIOUS

• ko-shes (adjective)
• savdhan
• careful about avoiding danger or risk.

(66) CENSORIOUS, critical

• sen-sor-e-es (adjective)
• dosh nikalnewala
• inclination to criticize or discover faults on others.

(67) CHAGRIN (see MORTIFICATION)

• she-grin (noun)
• chidh
• distress of mind brought on by humiliation, hurt etc.

(68) CHANGEABLE (see MOOD)

• chan-je-bel (adjective)
• parivartan:sheel
• changing often or suddenly.

(69) CHAOTIC

• ka-as (noun)
• ast-vyast
• state of utter confusion.

(70) CHASES

• chas (noun)
• shikar
• the hunting of wild animals.

(71) CHEERFUL, gay, happy (see MIRTH)

• chir-fel (adjective)
• has:mukh
• happy being in good sprit eve during sickness.
• noticeably happiness by its nature or appearance.

(72) CHILDISH, behavior (see FOOLISH)

• chi-el-dish (adjective)
• bachkana
• having or showing the unpleasant qualities, such as silliness or lack of maturity that children often have.

(73) CHILDREN, aversion to

• chi-eld (noun)
• bachche
• dislike children.

(74) CIRCUMSPECTION, lack of (see INDISCRETION)

• ser-kem-spek-shen (noun)
• savdhanta
• thinking carefully about possible risks before doing or saying something.

(75) CLAIRVOYANCE

• kler-voi-ents (noun)
• divy drishti
• a power to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception.

(76) CLINGING

• klin (verb)
• pakad
• due to strong emotional attachment or dependence, adhere closely or firmly.

(77) CLOSING

• klo-zin (noun)
• band karna
• a situation or occurrence in which shuts down and stops its operation.

(78) CLOUDINESS (see CONFUSION, STUPEFACTION)

• klau-de-nes (noun)
• badal
• not clean or clear.

(79) COLOR

• ke-ler (noun)
• rang
• something used to give pigment, dye or color.

(80) COMPANY, aversion to

• kemp-ne (noun)
• sang
• a person don’t like to be with other people.

(81) COMPLAINING (see LAMENTING)

• kem-plan (verb)
• shikayat karna
• this is a condition one express grief, pain, uneasiness, dissatisfaction.

(82) COMPREHENSION [ difficult (see DULLNESS) ]

• kam-pri-hen-shen (noun)
• bodh
• the ability to understand something.

(83) CONCENTRATION

• kan-sen-tra-shen (noun)
• ekagrta
• the action or power of focusing all one’s attention.

(84) CONFIDENCE

• kan-fe-dens (noun)
• aatm-vishwas
• a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something.

(85) CONFIDING

• ken-fi-din (adjective)
• gupt rup se batana
• tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others but have fear in mind.

(86) CONFOUNDING objects and ideas

• ken-faund (verb)
• gumraah karna
• cause surprise or confusion in, especially by not according with their expectation.

(87) CONFUSION (see CONCENTRATION)

• ken-fyu-zhen (noun)
• uljhan
• a situation in which people are uncertain about what to do! Or are unable to understand something clearly, what is happening.

(88) CONSCIENTIOUS, about trifles

• kant-she-en-shes (adjective)
• vivek:sheel
• have strong morality. Very careful what you are doing about.
• this is a person who is careful scrupulous, painstaking governed br or made in accordance with the dictates of his inner progressive mind.

(89) CONSOLATION

• kan-se-le-shen (noun)
• santvna
• the comfort receive or given by the one person to another after a loss or disappointment.

(90) CONTEMPTUOUS (see SCORN)

• ken-temp-cheu-es (adjective)
• tiraskaar:purn:
• open disrespect despite the opposition.