The Sanskrit term Satyādhiṣṭhāna can be transliterated into English as Satyadhisthana or Satyadhishthana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Satyādhiṣṭhāna (सत्याधिष्ठान).—(nt.; Pali saccādhiṭṭhāna, see below, is not used in this way in Majjhimanikāya (Pali) iii.245.19; Dīghanikāya (Pali) iii.229.18), truthful resolve, viz. to apply satyavacana, q.v.: °naṃ karomi, yena satyena satyavacanena svaṃ mama bāhum …parityajya…(9) tena satyena satyavacanenāyaṃ mama bāhur yathā paurāṇo bhavatv…(11) samanan- tarakṛte 'smin satyādhiṣṭhāne…Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 413.8—11 (his arm was restored). Could also perhaps be rendered, (act of) taking one's stand on truth, but see the prec. words, s.v. adhiṣṭhāna 2; as one of the four adhiṣṭhāna (q.v., 2) Mahāvyutpatti 1581 = Pali saccādhiṭṭhāna, rather resolve to adhere to truth.

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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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Full-text: Baladhana, Satyavacana, Adhishthana.

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