Sattva, Sāttva, Shattva: 27 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Sattva (सत्त्व) refers to the “representation of the temperament”, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 24. There are eight aspects of the male’s sattva defined according to the science of sāmānyābhinaya, or “harmonious representation”.
- śobhā (brilliant character),
- vilāsa (graceful bearing),
- mādhurya (self-possession),
- sthairya (steadiness),
- gāmbhīrya (gravity),
- lalitā (sportiveness),
- audārya (nobility),
- tejas (spirit).
Sattva (सत्त्व) is something invisible; but it gives support to psychological states (bhāva) 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 (bhāva) arises from sattva, while its ordinary expression (hāva) from feeling, and its graceful expression (helā) from the ordinary one.
Sattva with excessive feeling (bhāva) manifests itself in relation to persons of the opposite sex. And the ordinary expression (hāva) should be marked as relating to its various conditions.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, 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)
Sattva (सत्त्व) refers to the “character” (of an elephant), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: “1. One shall note by their several signs [lakṣayet svasvalakṣaṇaiḥ] (elephants that are) gods, demons, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, ogres, and men (in character), and that have the character (sattva) of goblins and serpents”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Sattva (सत्त्व, “psychic power”):—Sattva is of three types according to degree—superior, average and inferior which is decided on the basis of perseverance of the person.
Sattva (सत्त्व):—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
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda 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)
Sattva (सत्त्व).—One of the three guṇas, 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 Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti.
According to the Manusmṛti XII.27: “Whenever one perceives in himself something full of bliss, calm and pure,—he should know it to be ‘sattva’”.
According to the Manusmṛti XII.31: “Vedic study, austerity, knowledge, purity, control over the organs, practice of virtue and meditation on the soul,—are the characteristics of the quality of ‘sattva’”.
According to the Manusmṛti XII.37: “When, 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,—it is characterised by the quality of ‘sattva’”.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) 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)
Sattva (सत्त्व).—According 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’s sattva (principle of light and harmony). Both Scriptures and perfection are present in God’s 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’s perfect thought.
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 āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Sattva (सत्त्व).—An accomplished object; one of the three elements constituting all objects. The state of the predominance of sattva consists in masculineness, according to the Grammarians.
Sāttva (सात्त्व).—Of a substantive, belonging to the object; cf. सत्त्वस्य इदम् । अपि वा मेदसश्च पशोश्च सात्त्वं द्विवचनं स्यात् । (sattvasya idam | api vā medasaśca paśośca sāttvaṃ dvivacanaṃ syāt |) Nir. VI. 16.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) 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 Nārāyaṇa)
Sattva (सत्त्व) or Sattvasaṃhitā is the name of an ancient Pāñcarātra Saṃhitā mentioned in the Mārkaṇḍeyasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, pūjā (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and prāyaścitta (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 “108” names supposedly constituting the corpus.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) 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)
Sattva (सत्त्व) refers to—Existence; material mode of goodness Satya–the topmost planetary system within the material world, and the residence of Brahmājī. Also called Satyaloka and Brahmaloka.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) 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 (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
General definition (in Hinduism)
There are three kinds of morbid elements (doṣa) of the body, viz. vāta, pitta and śleṣman , 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.
1) In Vedic philosophy, sattva ("purity", "existence, reality"; adjectival sāttvika "pure") is the most rarefied of the three gunas in Samkhya, sāttvika "pure", rājasika "excitable", and tāmasika "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)
Sattva (सत्त्व) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter VII).—“Bodhi is the path of the Buddhas (buddhamārga); 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 (guṇa) of the path of the Buddhas. Such is the great mind”.
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 Āryas.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Sattva (सत्त्व) or Sattva in Sanskrit refers to “the impurity of sentient beings” and is known in Tibetan as sems-can-gyi snyigs-ma. It represents one of the “Five Impurities” 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).—[Cf. the Mahāvyutpatti 2335-2340].
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’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
sattva (सत्त्व).—n The 1st of the three guṇa of created things-the property of goodness. Being, existence. reality. A substance, an entity. Cream, pith, marrow, essence. Vigour, spirit, strength. sattva ghēṇēṃ Try the goodness of, try the stuff or materials (of a thing, person). sattva sōḍaṇēṃ Drop, cast or lose its vigour, virtue, potency, &c sattvāsa jāgaṇēṃ Preserve in full lite and vigorours operation, one's virtue, spirit, moral goodness &c.
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
Sattva (सत्त्व).—[sato bhāvaḥ] (Said to be m. also in the first ten senses)
1) Being, existence, entity.
2) Nature, essence.
3) Natural character, inborn disposition; अच्योष्ट सत्त्वान्नृपतिश्च्युताशः (acyoṣṭa sattvānnṛpatiścyutāśaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.2.
4) Life, spirit, breath, vitality, principle of vitality; उद्गतानीव सत्त्वानि बभूवुरमनस्विनाम् (udgatānīva sattvāni babhūvuramanasvinām) Rām.2.48.2; चित्रे निवेश्य परिकल्पित- सत्त्वयोगा (citre niveśya parikalpita- sattvayogā) Ś.2.1.
5) Consciousness, mind, sense; वाक्च सत्वं च गोविन्द बुद्धौ संवेशितानि ते (vākca satvaṃ ca govinda buddhau saṃveśitāni te) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.46.4; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 16.1; Bhāgavata 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; वन्यान् विनेष्यन्निव दुष्टसत्त्वान् (vanyān vineṣyanniva duṣṭasattvān) R.2.8;15.15; किं नोऽपत्यनिर्विशेषाणि सत्वानि विप्रकरोषि (kiṃ no'patyanirviśeṣāṇi satvāni viprakaroṣi) Ś7; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9; यश्चासूनपि संत्यजेत् करुणया सत्त्वार्थमभ्युद्यतः (yaścāsūnapi saṃtyajet karuṇayā sattvārthamabhyudyataḥ) Nāg.2.1.
1) An evil spirit, a demon, ghost; अद्य नूनं दशरथः सत्त्वमाविश्य भाषते (adya nūnaṃ daśarathaḥ sattvamāviśya bhāṣate) Rām.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; निजमेव सत्त्वमुपकारि साम् (nijameva sattvamupakāri sām) Kirātārjunīya 18. 14; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.313.17; क्रियासिद्धिः सत्त्वे भवति महतां नोपकरणे (kriyāsiddhiḥ sattve bhavati mahatāṃ nopakaraṇe) Subhāṣ.; R.5.31; Mu.3.22.
14) Wisdom, good sense.
15) The quality of goodness or purity regarded as the highest of the three Guṇas 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); अघ्राणमवितर्कं च सत्त्वं प्रविशते परम् (aghrāṇamavitarkaṃ ca sattvaṃ praviśate param) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.24.18.
19) The subtle body of individual soul (liṅgaśarīra); गृहाणीव हि मर्त्यानामाहुर्देहानि पण्डिताः । कालेन विनियुज्यन्ते सत्त्वमेकं तु शाश्वतम् (gṛhāṇīva hi martyānāmāhurdehāni paṇḍitāḥ | kālena viniyujyante sattvamekaṃ tu śāśvatam) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 11.3.8.
Derivable forms: sattvam (सत्त्वम्).
Sattva (सत्त्व).—n.
(-ttvaṃ) 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.
(-ttvaḥ-ttvaṃ) 1. An animal, a being. 2. An embryo. E. ṣad to perish, aff. tvat; or sat being, good, excellent, &c., tva aff. of the abstract: one ta being rejected also, it is read satva .
Sattva (सत्त्व).—i. e. sant (ptcple. pres. of 1. as), + tva, I. m. and n. 1. An animal, [Pañcatantra] 69, 5 (n.); [Hitopadeśa] 56, 20; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 44, 3 (m.); a beast, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 15, 15; a monster, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 40, 20. 2. A being, [Pañcatantra] 165, 9; [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 55, 48 (n.). Ii. n. 1. Being, existence. 2. Life, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 42. 3. Nature, natural property, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 39; character, 100, 6. 4. Essence, true essence, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 2, 45; 10, 36. 5. Certainty, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Ṣaṭtva (षट्त्व).—[neuter] the number six.
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Sattva (सत्त्व).—[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.
1) Ṣaṭtva (षट्त्व):—[=ṣaṭ-tva] [from ṣaṭ > ṣaṣ] n. a hexade [vArttika] on [Pāṇini 5-2, 29.]
2) Sattva (सत्त्व):—[=sat-tva] [from sat] a See below.
3) [=sat-tva] [from sat] b n. (ifc. f(ā). ) being, existence, entity, reality (īśvara-s, ‘the existence of a Supreme Being’), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]etc. etc.
4) [v.s. ...] true essence, nature, disposition of mind, character, [Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] spiritual essence, spirit, mind, [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] vital breath, life, consciousness, strength of character, strength, firmness, energy, resolution, courage, self-command, good sense, wisdom, magnanimity, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] the quality of purity or goodness (regarded in the Sāṃkhya [philosophy] as the highest of the three Guṇas [q.v.] or constituents of Prakṛti because it renders a person true, honest, wise etc., and a thing pure, clean etc.), [Maitrī-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc., [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] material or elementary substance, entity, matter, a thing, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Prātiśākhya]
9) [v.s. ...] a substantive, noun, [Horace H. Wilson]
10) [v.s. ...] m. n. a living or sentient being, creature, animal, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
11) [v.s. ...] m. embryo, fetus, rudiment of life (See -lakṣaṇā)
12) [v.s. ...] a ghost, demon, goblin, monster, [Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Kathāsaritsāgara]
13) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata]
14) [=sat-tva] c See p. 1135, col. 2.
15) Sāttva (सात्त्व):—mfn. ([from] sat-tva) relating to the quality Sattva etc., [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Sattva (सत्त्व):—(ttvaṃ) 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.
Ṣaṭtva (षट्त्व):—(von ṣaṣ) n. Sechszahl [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 29, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 7.]
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Sattva (सत्त्व):—(von sant), am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā .
1) n. das Sein, Existenz, Realität [Halāyudha 5, 82.] [Vaijayantī] bei [Mallinātha] zu [Kirātārjunīya 12, 40.] smo va.amityāhā.māname.a sa.tvaṃ gamayati [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 5, 9, 5. 5, 2, 1, 6. 4, 6, 5.] [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 162.] sarvatra [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 287.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 294.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 12. 21. 52. 121.] Comm. zu [Jaimini 1, 31.] zu [Kapila 1, 4.] asti sattve [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 18.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1541.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 9, 9. fgg. 12, 21. 14, 7. 141, 15.] a [?12, 21. 14, 11. NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā in Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 162. Nīlakaṇṭha 164. Sāhityadarpana 269. morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 294.] —
2) n. Wesen, Charakter: putrasya putraḥ sattvamaśnute [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 15, 12, 2.] sattvānurūpā sarvasya śraddhā bhavati [Bhagavadgītā 17, 3.] [Spr. (II) 4753.] kriyāsiddhiḥ sattve vasati mahatāṃ nopakaraṇe [?5712 = 6145.] sarvaḥ kṛcchragato pi vāñchati janaḥ sattvānurūpaṃ phalam [7322. 7420.] [Kirātārjunīya 12, 40.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 114.] nābhiḥ svaraḥ sattvamiti pradiṣṭaṃ gambhīrametattritayaṃ narāṇām [85.] [Suśruta 1, 124, 12.] adīna adj. [Mahābhārata 3, 11909. 15599.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 72, 53. 4, 29, 25.] abhinandya adj. [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 31.] ārya, udāra adj. [Mahābhārata 2, 2366.] ucchṛṅkhala, śāstraniyamita [Spr. (II) 369.] unnata [6560.] ūrjita adj. [6511.] ṛjubuddhi adj. [Mahābhārata 15, 672.] kalyāṇasattvatā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 44, 14.] krūra adj. [Prabodhacandrodaja 115, 11.] tīvra, manda adjj. [Kathāsaritsāgara 35, 75. fg.] dṛḍha adj. [67. 88, 49.] dhīra [35, 63.] laghu adj. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 15, 13.] lāghava [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 6, 6.] viśuddhasattvavijñāna adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 22, 12.] śuddha [?ady. 2, 38, 29.] sthira [?ady. Rāmāyaṇa SCHL. 2, 83, 8.] siṃha, vyāghra, varāhamṛga, jala adj. [Mahābhārata 13, 2155.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 108. 111. fgg.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 113, 16.] antaḥsattva eines Rubins [Spr. (II) 867.] sattva = svabhāva [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 540.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 28.] [Vaijayantī a. a. O.] = ātmabhāva [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = ātmatva [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) n. ein fester Charakter, Festigkeit, Entschlossenheit, Energie, Muth [Bhagavadgītā 10, 36.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 21, 38.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 1, 16. fg. 4, 6. 29. 43. 68. 5, 13. 13, 2. 19, 62.] [Suśruta 1, 130, 2.] tulyasattvānāṃ siṃhānām [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 72.] [Spr. (II) 646. 2781, v. l. 3161. 3502. 4387. 4465. 7504.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 196. 283. 389] (doppelsinnig). sattvamanudhāvanti saṃpadaḥ [27, 134. 208. 35, 43. 53, 143. 66, 109.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 53. 4, 65. 5, 131.] [Sāhityadarpana 197.] satataṃ sattvamāsthitaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 4257.] dhārayaṃsattvam [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 22, 2.] sattvamāśritya kevalam [3, 40, 18.] abālasattvo bālaḥ [Śākuntala 101, 21.] āpadyapi tyājyaṃ na sattvam [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 100.] sattvāvasāda [18, 309.] sattvotkarṣa [Hitopadeśa 100, 6.] saṃpannaḥ sattvasaṃpadā [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 13.] saṃpanna [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 308.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 78, 2. 101, 17.] yukta [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 39.] sattvānvita [Dhūrtasamāgama 77, 2.] sattvodrikta [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 343.] sattvādhika [Spr. (II) 1431.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 134] (karman). [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 29, 1. 2.] sattvāḍhya [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 44] (doppelsinnig). [38, 2.] rūpasattvaguṇopeta [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 40.] vīryaguṇopeta [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 22.] buddhyupapanna [Spr. (II) 6711.] sattvābhijanasaṃpanna [6712.] sattvotsāharahita [Hitopadeśa 30, 2.] vihīnāḥ sattvena [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 27, 8.] hīna adj. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 13, 69.] [Suśruta 2, 474, 16.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 69. 43, 88.] vihīna adj. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 32.] uttama, madhyama [?adyy. Suśruta 2, 226, 12. fg. Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 117.] alpa adj. [25, 98.] sattva = vyavasāya [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 215.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] = sthāman [Halāyudha] = bala [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] = parākrama [Vaijayantī] —
4) n. das absolut gute Wesen, die erste der drei Qualitäten (guṇa) der Prakṛti [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha] [Yāska’s Nirukta 14, 3.] [MAITRYUP. 4, 3. 5, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 24.] sattvaṃ jñānam 26. tatra yatprītisaṃyuktaṃ kiṃcidātmani lakṣayet . praśāntamiva śuddhābhaṃ sattvaṃ tadupadhārayet .. [27. 37.] sattvasya lakṣaṇaṃ dharmaḥ 38. yukta [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 159.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 13. 54.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 324.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 25.] [Vedānta lecture No. 25.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 23, 17.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 147, 17. 151, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 69, 9. 14.] [BṚH. 2, 7.] sattvodreka [Sāhityadarpana 34.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 2, 19. 23. 25. 3, 3. 4, 30, 42.] [MUIR, Stenzler 1, 19. fg. 23. 28. fg. 33.] —
5) n. geistiges Wesen, Geist; = citta [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = antaḥkaraṇa [Vaijayantī] śuddha [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3, 2, 6.] śuddhi [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 159.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 22.] puruṣānyatā [25. fg.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 55] (= prakṛti [Mallinātha][?). Oxforder Handschriften 231], a, 8. b, 27. 232, a, 17. [fg.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 167, 11.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 10, 23. 7, 15, 41.] nirvṛtte tvaṅgasattvābhyāṃ dve triṣvāṅgikasāttvike [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 283.] [Sāhityadarpana 164. fg.] mūḍha adj. [Mahābhārata 3, 15710.] —
6) n. Lebensathem; = asu, prāṇa [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 215.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] tena śabdena sahasā samudre parvatopamāḥ . āplavanta gataiḥ sattvairmatsyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. [Mahābhārata 3, 12098] (= buddhibhiḥ [Nīlakaṇṭha]). udgatānīva sattvāni [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 48, 1 (45, 1 Gorresio).] parikalpitasattvayoga adj. [Śākuntala 42.] gata adj. [Mahābhārata 3, 2683. 15798.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 60, 1. 4, 9, 81.] —
7) n. ein reales Wesen, Gegenstand, Ding; = dravya, vastu [Amarakoṣa] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 8. 21.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] sattvapradhānāni nāmāni [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 1. 12. 20. 2, 7. 15. 7, 4. 9, 1.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 12, 5. 8.] [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda S. 261.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 57. 2, 3, 33. II, S. 451] unter guṇa. gāmin [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 63.] —
8) m. n. ein lebendes Wesen, insbes. ein unvernünftiges [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 215.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1366.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 5, 82. 3, 34.] [Vaijayantī] asthimant [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 140.] annādyaja, rasaja [143.] hiṃsra [12, 56.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 275.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1135.] rātricārin, divācārin [10, 26. fg.] sattvaiḥ sattvā hi jīvanti durbalairbalavattarāḥ [12, 443. 4258.] strī vā pumānvā yaccānyatsattvaṃ nagararāṣṭrajam [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 9, 21. 40, 20. 2, 25, 18.] audakāni [?33, 13 (15 Gorresio). 55, 7. Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 43, 2. 3, 55, 48. 64, 21. 4, 1, 15. 5, 14, 62. 7, 4, 9. 10. Jaimini 1, 9. Suśruta 1, 114, 7. 2, 399, 18. 538, 12. 15. 18. 495, 20. KĀM. NĪTIS. 15, 9. Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 17. Raghuvaṃśa 2, 8. 14. 38. 6, 46. 14, 75. 15, 15. Śākuntala 38. 192. 17, 20. 93, 5. Spr. (II) 3755. 4424. 4526. 4929. 5609. 6263. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 54. 21, 23. 32, 1. 25. 33, 5. 91, 2.] yuddha [43, 28.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 44. 18, 389] (an beiden Stellen doppelsinnig). [60, 22. 92.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 133] (hiṃsā mit der ed. Calc. zu lesen). [?3, 4. Sāhityadarpana 38, 10. Brahmapurāṇa in Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 48, 12. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 15, 14. 3, 13, 21. 26, 18. 5, 9, 21. Pañcatantra 69, 5. 165, 9. Hitopadeśa 56, 20. BURNOUF, Intr. 593.] —
9) m. n. ein gespenstisches Wesen, ein böser Geist, Kobold; = piśācādi [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Vaijayantī] = gandharva [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 21, 135.] sattvāstu nārakāḥ [1, 2, 2, 2.] rakṣoyakṣādisattvānāṃ darśanam [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 92.] sattvamāviśya [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 33, 10.] sattvenāviṣṭacetanaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 33, 11. fg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 44, 159.] —
10) m. Nomen proprium eines der Söhne des Dhṛtarāṣṭra [Mahābhārata 1, 4543. -] [Śabdakalpadruma] führt noch folgende Bedd. an: rasa, āyus nach [Dharaṇīkoṣa] kubera angeblich nach H. dhana nach [Śabdaratnāvalī] — Vgl. a, antaḥ, āpanna (auch [Suśruta 2, 491, 6]), duḥ, deva, niḥ, bodhi, bhīru, mahā, yāvat, vajra, sa, su, sāttvika .
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Sāttva (सात्त्व):—(von sattva) adj. zur Qualität sattva in Beziehung stehend u.s.w. [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 40, 7. 42, 4.]
Sattva (सत्त्व) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Satta.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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
Sattva (सत्त्व):—(nm) being, existence; entity; reality; substance; spiritual essence, quintessence; strength, vitality; quality of purity and goodness; —[guṇa] the quality of purity and goodness; ~[hīna] devoid of [sattva].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Sattva (ಸತ್ತ್ವ):—
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.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sattva (सत्त्व):—n. 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 (गुण [guṇa] ) of purity or goodness (one of the three constituents of nature); 7. quality of truth/light;
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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