Sattva, 厂腻迟迟惫补, Shattva: 27 definitions

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Sattva means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: N腻峁瓂a-艣腻stra

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) refers to the 鈥渞epresentation of the temperament鈥�, according to the N腻峁瓂a艣腻stra chapter 24. There are eight aspects of the male鈥檚 sattva defined according to the science of 蝉腻尘腻苍测腻产丑颈苍补测补, or 鈥渉armonious representation鈥�.

艣辞产丑腻 (brilliant character),
惫颈濒腻蝉补 (graceful bearing),
尘腻诲丑耻谤测补 (self-possession),
sthairya (steadiness),
驳腻尘产丑墨谤测补 (gravity),
濒补濒颈迟腻 (sportiveness),
补耻诲腻谤测补 (nobility),
tejas (spirit).

: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) is something invisible; but it gives support to psychological states (产丑腻惫补) and Sentiments (rasa) by means of horripilation, tears and similar other sighs displayed in proper places and in harmony with the Sentiments to be produced. Sattva partakes of the nature of the body, and feeling (产丑腻惫补) arises from sattva, while its ordinary expression (丑腻惫补) from feeling, and its graceful expression (丑别濒腻) from the ordinary one.

Sattva with excessive feeling (产丑腻惫补) manifests itself in relation to persons of the opposite sex. And the ordinary expression (丑腻惫补) should be marked as relating to its various conditions.

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Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) refers to the 鈥渃haracter鈥� (of an elephant), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 8, 鈥渙n marks of character鈥漖: 鈥�1. One shall note by their several signs [lak峁yet svasvalak峁峁嘺i岣�] (elephants that are) gods, demons, Gandharvas, Yak峁s, ogres, and men (in character), and that have the character (sattva) of goblins and serpents鈥�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: Google Books: Essentials of Ayurveda

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ, 鈥減sychic power鈥�):鈥擲attva is of three types according to degree鈥攕uperior, average and inferior which is decided on the basis of perseverance of the person.

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥�1. One of the three qualities (sattva, Rajas and Tamas) or constituents of everything in creation. 2. Mind, harmony, Natural character, inborn dispostion, Consicious mind, Being in existence

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膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-艣腻stra

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擮ne of the three 驳耻峁嘺蝉, representing the quality of knowledge. These three qualities are to be seen as all-pervading and interpenetrating all beings. The Sanskrit word sattva is a technical term used throughout Dharma艣腻stra literature such as the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈.

According to the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈 XII.27: 鈥淲henever one perceives in himself something full of bliss, calm and pure,鈥攈e should know it to be 鈥�sattva鈥欌赌�.

According to the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈 XII.31: 鈥淰edic study, austerity, knowledge, purity, control over the organs, practice of virtue and meditation on the soul,鈥攁re the characteristics of the quality of 鈥�sattva鈥欌赌�.

According to the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈 XII.37: 鈥淲hen, however, the act is one which he wishes to understand in all its details, by doing which he does not feel ashamed, and by which his heart feels satisfied,鈥攊t is characterised by the quality of 鈥�sattva鈥欌赌�.

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Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣腻stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

: Srimatham: M墨m腻峁僺a: The Study of Hindu Exegesis (yoga)

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擜ccording to Yoga, God is the perfect Guru untouched by any defect whatsoever. Scriptures are the proof for this; and Scriptures have their proof in the perfect quality of God鈥檚 sattva (principle of light and harmony). Both Scriptures and perfection are present in God鈥檚 sattva, and there is an eternal relation between the two. God having resolved to instruct all beings in right knowledge and Dharma composed the Scriptures, which are the expressions of God鈥檚 perfect thought.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 腻sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Shodhganga: Vaiy腻kara峁嘺bh奴峁峁嘺s腻ra: a critical study

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擜n accomplished object; one of the three elements constituting all objects. The state of the predominance of sattva consists in masculineness, according to the Grammarians.

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

厂腻迟迟惫补 (啶膏ぞ啶む啶む啶�).鈥擮f a substantive, belonging to the object; cf. 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶膏啶� 啶囙う啶 啷� 啶呧お啶� 啶掂ぞ啶啶︵じ啶多啶� 啶ざ啷嬥ざ啷嵿 啶膏ぞ啶む啶む啶掂 啶︵啶掂た啶掂啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啷� (sattvasya idam | api v腻 medasa艣ca pa艣o艣ca s腻ttva峁� dvivacana峁� sy腻t |) Nir. VI. 16.

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Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy腻kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Pancaratra (worship of N腻r腻ya峁嘺)

Source: Wisdom Library: Pancaratra (Samhita list)

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) or Sattvasa峁僪it腻 is the name of an ancient P腻帽car腻tra Sa峁僪it腻 mentioned in the 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P腻帽car腻tra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, 辫奴箩腻 (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and 辫谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补 (expiatory measures).The opening chapter contains a list of canonical titles, although it is marred by repetitions and, by its own admission, does not contain all the 鈥�108鈥� names supposedly constituting the corpus.

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Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p腻帽car腻tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhita

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) refers to鈥擡xistence; material mode of goodness Satya鈥搕he topmost planetary system within the material world, and the residence of Brahm腻j墨. Also called Satyaloka and Brahmaloka.

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Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).

General definition (in Hinduism)

: archive.org: A History of Indian Philosophy

There are three kinds of morbid elements (诲辞峁) of the body, viz. v腻ta, pitta and 艣濒别峁补苍 , and two morbid elements which affect the mind (sattva), viz. rajas and tamas. By the disorder of the first three the body becomes diseased, and by that of the second two the mind becomes affected.

: WikiPedia: Hinduism

1) In Vedic philosophy, sattva ("purity", "existence, reality"; adjectival s腻ttvika "pure") is the most rarefied of the three gunas in Samkhya, s腻ttvika "pure", r腻jasika "excitable", and t腻masika "indifferent". Importantly, no value judgement is entailed as all guna are indivisible and mutually qualifying.

2) Sattva encompasses qualities of goodness, light, and harmony. According to the Yoga Vasistha, people who are of a sattvic nature and whose activities are mainly based on sattva, will tend to seek answers regarding the origin and truth of material life. With proper support they are likely to reach liberation.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) according to the 2nd century Mah腻praj帽腻p腻ramit腻艣腻stra (chapter VII).鈥斺€淏odhi is the path of the Buddhas (产耻诲诲丑补尘腻谤驳补); Sattva is either a being or a great mind. The Bodhisattva is the being who is going to obtain the mind, indestructible (aheya) and infrangible (acyuta) like a diamond mountain (vajra-parvata), of the qualities (驳耻峁嘺) of the path of the Buddhas. Such is the great mind鈥�.

Furthermore, sat means to praise (stava) the holy Dharma, tva means the essential nature of the holy Dharma. The Bodhisattva is so called because his mind is beneficial to himself and to others, because he saves all beings, because he knows the true nature of all dharmas, because he travels the Path of supreme perfect enlightenment and because he is praised by all the 膧ryas.

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Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻蝉奴迟谤补蝉.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: SOAS: Guhyagarbhatantra and its XIVth century commentary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) or Sattva in Sanskrit refers to 鈥渢he impurity of sentient beings鈥� and is known in Tibetan as sems-can-gyi snyigs-ma. It represents one of the 鈥�Five Impurities鈥� which are known in Tibetan as snyigs ma lnga. They are defined in the sgyu-'phrul rgya-mtsho of volume 15 of the rnying-ma'i rg.yud-'bum (Collected Tantras of the rNying-ma-pa).鈥擺Cf. the Mah腻vyutpatti 2335-2340].

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥�n The 1st of the three 驳耻峁嘺 of created things-the property of goodness. Being, existence. reality. A substance, an entity. Cream, pith, marrow, essence. Vigour, spirit, strength. sattva 驳丑脓峁嚹抚箖 Try the goodness of, try the stuff or materials (of a thing, person). sattva 蝉艒岣峚峁嚹抚箖 Drop, cast or lose its vigour, virtue, potency, &c sattv腻sa j腻ga峁嚹撫箖 Preserve in full lite and vigorours operation, one's virtue, spirit, moral goodness &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擺sato 产丑腻惫补岣�] (Said to be m. also in the first ten senses)

1) Being, existence, entity.

2) Nature, essence.

3) Natural character, inborn disposition; 啶呧啷嵿く啷嬥し啷嵿 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距え啷嵿え啷冟お啶むた啶多啶氞啶啶むぞ啶多 (acyo峁ａ弓a sattv腻nn峁沺ati艣cyut腻艣a岣�) Bha峁弓ik腻vya 3.2.

4) Life, spirit, breath, vitality, principle of vitality; 啶夃う啷嵿啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距え啶� 啶き啷傕さ啷佮ぐ啶え啶膏啶掂た啶ㄠぞ啶 (udgat腻n墨va sattv腻ni babh奴vuramanasvin腻m) 搁腻尘.2.48.2; 啶氞た啶む啶班 啶ㄠた啶掂啶多啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啶侧啶た啶�- 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶啶椸ぞ (citre nive艣ya parikalpita- sattvayog腻) 艢.2.1.

5) Consciousness, mind, sense; 啶掂ぞ啶曕啶� 啶膏い啷嵿さ啶� 啶� 啶椸啶掂た啶ㄠ啶� 啶啶︵啶о 啶膏啶掂啶多た啶むぞ啶ㄠた啶む (v腻kca satva峁� ca govinda buddhau sa峁僾e艣it腻ni te) Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 12.46.4; Bhagavadg墨t腻 (Bombay) 16.1; Bh腻gavata 7.15.41.

6) An embryo.

7) Substance, thing, wealth.

8) An elementary substance such as earth, air, fire &c.

9) (also m.) A living or sentient being, animal, beast; 啶掂え啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶掂た啶ㄠ啶粪啶え啷嵿え啶苦さ啶︵啶粪啶熰じ啶む啶む啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ (vany腻n vine峁anniva du峁ａ弓asattv腻n) R.2.8;15.15; 啶曕た啶� 啶ㄠ啶洁お啶む啶え啶苦ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦ざ啷囙し啶距ぃ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿さ啶距え啶� 啶掂た啶啶班啶班啶粪た (ki峁� no'patyanirvi艣e峁Ｄ遽箛i satv腻ni viprakaro峁) 艢7; M腻lat墨m腻dhava (Bombay) 9; 啶ざ啷嵿啶距じ啷傕え啶た啶膏啶む啶啷囙い啷� 啶曕ぐ啷佮ぃ啶ぞ啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶き啷嵿く啷佮う啷嵿く啶む (ya艣c腻s奴napi sa峁僼yajet karu峁嘺y腻 sattv腻rthamabhyudyata岣�) 狈腻驳.2.1.

1) An evil spirit, a demon, ghost; 啶呧う啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶︵ざ啶班ぅ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶掂た啶多啶� 啶ぞ啶粪い啷� (adya n奴na峁� da艣aratha岣� sattvam腻vi艣ya bh腻峁te) 搁腻尘.2.33.1.

11) Goodness, virtue, excellence.

12) Truth, reality, certainty.

13) Strength, energy, courage, vigour, power, inherent power, the stuff of which a person is made; 啶ㄠた啶溹ぎ啷囙さ啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶啶啶距ぐ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶 (nijameva sattvamupak腻ri s腻m) Kir腻t腻rjun墨ya 18. 14; Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 12.313.17; 啶曕啶班た啶ぞ啶膏た啶︵啶оた啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啷� 啶さ啶むた啶す啶むぞ啶� 啶ㄠ啶啶班ぃ啷� (kriy腻siddhi岣� sattve bhavati mahat腻峁� nopakara峁噀) Subh腻峁�.; R.5.31; Mu.3.22.

14) Wisdom, good sense.

15) The quality of goodness or purity regarded as the highest of the three Gu峁嘺s q. v.; (it is said to predominate most in gods and heavenly beings).

16) A natural property or quality, characteristic.

17) A noun, substantive.

18) Intellect (buddhi); 啶呧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶さ啶苦い啶班啶曕 啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶班さ啶苦ざ啶む 啶ぐ啶 (aghr腻峁嘺mavitarka峁� ca sattva峁� pravi艣ate param) Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 12.24.18.

19) The subtle body of individual soul (濒颈峁単补艣补谤墨谤补); 啶椸啶灌ぞ啶｀啶� 啶灌た啶ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶距え啶距ぎ啶距す啷佮ぐ啷嵿う啷囙す啶距え啶� 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶苦い啶距 啷� 啶曕ぞ啶侧啶� 啶掂た啶ㄠた啶啶溹啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶啶曕 啶む 啶多ぞ啶多啶掂い啶 (g峁沨腻峁嚹玽a hi marty腻n腻m腻hurdeh腻ni pa峁囜笉it腻岣� | k腻lena viniyujyante sattvameka峁� tu 艣腻艣vatam) || Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 11.3.8.

Derivable forms: sattvam (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥攏.

(-迟迟惫补峁�) 1. One of the three Gunas or properties of man and nature; the quality of excellence or goodness: that which enlightens, constitutes knowledge, and is the cause of truth, and the predominance of which renders the person, in whom it resides, virtuous, gentle, devout, charitable, chaste, honest, &c., and the thing, pure, mild, &c. 2. Substance, thing, either elementary substance, as, earth, air fire, &c., or anything of which some property may be predicated. 3. Mind, intellect. 4. Nature, natural, property or disposition. 5. Vigour, power. 6. Strength. 7. Self-possession or command. 8. Breath. 9. Being, existence. 10. Essence, substance. 11. Wealth. 12. Certainty. 13. Life, the principle of being. 14. A substantive, noun. 15. A demon, a goblin. mn.

(-ttva岣�-迟迟惫补峁�) 1. An animal, a being. 2. An embryo. E. 峁诲 to perish, aff. tvat; or sat being, good, excellent, &c., tva aff. of the abstract: one ta being rejected also, it is read satva .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥攊. e. sant (ptcple. pres. of 1. as), + tva, I. m. and n. 1. An animal, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 69, 5 (n.); [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] 56, 20; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 44, 3 (m.); a beast, [Raghuva峁兣沘, (ed. Stenzler.)] 15, 15; a monster, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 1, 40, 20. 2. A being, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] 165, 9; [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 3, 55, 48 (n.). Ii. n. 1. Being, existence. 2. Life, [艢腻kuntala, (ed. B枚htlingk.)] [distich] 42. 3. Nature, natural property, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] ii. [distich] 39; character, 100, 6. 4. Essence, true essence, [Bhagavadg墨t腻, (ed. Schlegel.)] 2, 45; 10, 36. 5. Certainty, [Ved腻ntas腻ra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 204, 17. 6. Breath. 7. Mind, [顿谤补耻辫补诲墨辫谤补尘腻迟丑补] 7, 15. 8. Strength, power, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] 67, 5, M. M.; courage, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] ii. [distich] 78. 9. Self-possession, [础谤箩耻苍补蝉补尘腻驳补尘补] 6, 20. 10. A demon, a goblin. 11. The quality of goodness, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 3, 40; virtue, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 44, 2.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

峁峁璽惫补 (啶粪啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擺neuter] the number six.

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Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ).鈥擺neuter] being, existence, reality, nature, character; firmness, resolution, energy, courage; goodness (ph.); spiritual or intellectual being, spirit or vital. breath; real being, thing, object; (also [masculine]) living or sentient being, [especially] animal, beast; phantom, spectre, imp, goblin.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 峁峁璽惫补 (啶粪啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥擺=峁峁�-迟惫补] [from 峁峁� > 峁峁�] n. a hexade [vArttika] on [P腻峁噄ni 5-2, 29.]

2) Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥擺=sat-tva] [from sat] a See below.

3) [=sat-tva] [from sat] b n. (ifc. f(腻). ) being, existence, entity, reality (墨艣惫补谤补-蝉, 鈥榯he existence of a Supreme Being鈥�), [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it腻]etc. etc.

4) [v.s. ...] true essence, nature, disposition of mind, character, [Pa帽cavi峁兣沘-br腻hma峁嘺; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] spiritual essence, spirit, mind, [Mu峁囜笉aka-upani峁诲; Y腻j帽avalkya; Mah腻bh腻rata; Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺]

6) [v.s. ...] vital breath, life, consciousness, strength of character, strength, firmness, energy, resolution, courage, self-command, good sense, wisdom, magnanimity, [Mah腻bh腻rata; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] etc.

7) [v.s. ...] the quality of purity or goodness (regarded in the S腻峁僰hya [philosophy] as the highest of the three Gu峁嘺s [q.v.] or constituents of Prak峁泃i because it renders a person true, honest, wise etc., and a thing pure, clean etc.), [Maitr墨-upani峁诲; Manu-sm峁泃i; Y腻j帽avalkya] etc., [Mah腻bh腻rata; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺]

8) [v.s. ...] material or elementary substance, entity, matter, a thing, [Nirukta, by Y腻ska; Pr腻ti艣腻khya]

9) [v.s. ...] a substantive, noun, [Horace H. Wilson]

10) [v.s. ...] m. n. a living or sentient being, creature, animal, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah腻bh腻rata] etc.

11) [v.s. ...] m. embryo, fetus, rudiment of life (See -lak峁峁嚹�)

12) [v.s. ...] a ghost, demon, goblin, monster, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺; Var腻ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it腻; Kath腻sarits腻gara]

13) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Dh峁泃a-r腻峁ａ弓ra, [Mah腻bh腻rata]

14) [=sat-tva] c See p. 1135, col. 2.

15) 厂腻迟迟惫补 (啶膏ぞ啶む啶む啶�):鈥�mfn. ([from] sat-tva) relating to the quality Sattva etc., [M腻rka峁囜笉eya-pur腻峁嘺]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥�(迟迟惫补峁�) 1. n. Existence, reality; life, breath, mind; substance, wealth; natural quality or power; vigor; self-possession; the quality of truth and genuine goodness. m. n. Animal being.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Satta.

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥�(nm) being, existence; entity; reality; substance; spiritual essence, quintessence; strength, vitality; quality of purity and goodness; —[驳耻峁嘺] the quality of purity and goodness; ~[丑墨苍补] devoid of [sattva].

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sattva (嗖膏菠喑嵿菠喑嵿驳):鈥�

1) [noun] strength, energy.

2) [noun] the quality of purity or goodness.

3) [noun] being; existence; entity.

4) [noun] vital breath; life.

5) [noun] a material or elementary substance.

6) [noun] the essence or pith of things.

7) [noun] the true essence, nature or disposition of a thing or person.

8) [noun] the disembodied spirit; a ghost.

9) [noun] spiritual essence; spirit; mind.

10) [noun] the quality or fact of being conscious; consciousness.

11) [noun] any of the five elements (which make the physical world and the objects therein.

12) [noun] any living being.

13) [noun] the unborn young in its initial stage, growing in the uterus of its mother; a foetus.

14) [noun] wisdom; sagacity.

15) [noun] (gram.) a noun; a substantive.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sattva (啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ):鈥攏. 1. existence; being; essence; 2. natural property/properties; character; 3. thing; substance; 4. living being; creature; 5. vital energy; vigor; courage; self-possession; 6. purity; goodness; specif. Philos. the quality (啶椸啶� [驳耻峁嘺] ) of purity or goodness (one of the three constituents of nature); 7. quality of truth/light;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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