Sattviki, Sāttvikī: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sāttvikī (सात्त्विकी):—[from sāttvika > sāttva] f. Name of Durgā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] kind of Pūjā practised by the worshippers of Durgā, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] ([scilicet] tuṣṭi) Name of one of the five kinds of external acquiescence (in Sāṃkhya), [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] an autumn night, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 18.33 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 18.30 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Verse 17.2 < [Chapter 17 - Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.48 < [Section VIII - States of Existence due to the Three Qualities]
Verse 12.49 < [Section VIII - States of Existence due to the Three Qualities]
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
7. Religion and Philosophy in the Nārada Purāṇa < [Introduction]
Chapter 15 - Bhagīratha Advised to Bring the Gaṅgā < [Part 1 - Prathama-pāda]
Saura-purana (analytical study) (by Priyanku Chakraborty)
Part 2.6 - Concept of devotion (bhakti) in the Vedas and the Purāṇas < [Chapter 4 - The Vedic and other Elements as Reflected in the Saura-purāṇa]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 37 - On Bhakti Yoga < [Book 7]
Chapter 8 - On deciding who is to be worshipped < [Book 1]
Chapter 13 - On the description of the battle between Ādi and Baka after the discourse on Śunahśepha < [Book 6]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 130 - Kinds of Devotion to Viṣṇu < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 85 - Greatness of Vaiśākha < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]