cetanā

Tibetan: སེམས་པ་
Tibetan (Wylie): sems pa
Tibetan (phonetics): sem pa
English term: Intention
Alternative: Volition
English Definition: A mental factor that is classified as one of the five omnipresent factors in Asanga’s classification and as one of the ten general mind bases in Vasubandhu’s classification. Intention is the initial movement of the mind towards to the object.
Spanish: Volición, Intención