Sattvavihita, Sattva-vihita: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sattvavihita (सत्त्वविहित).—

1) caused by nature.

2) caused by goodness.

3) virtuous, upright.

Sattvavihita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sattva and vihita (विहित).

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

Sattvavihita (सत्त्वविहित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Done spontaneously or naturally. 2. Virtuous, upright. E. sattva, and vihita effected.

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

1) Sattvavihita (सत्त्वविहित):—[=sat-tva-vihita] [from sat-tva > sat] mfn. effected by nature, natural, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

2) [v.s. ...] caused by goodness, [ib.]

3) [v.s. ...] virtuous, upright, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sattvavihita (सत्त्वविहित):—[sattva-vihita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Done spontaneously; good.

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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.

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