The Sanskrit term Satyānṛta can be transliterated into English as Satyanrta or Satyanrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत).—See under Pramṛta.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत).—a.

1) true and false; सत्यानृता च परुषा (satyānṛtā ca paruṣā) H.2.183.

2) apparently true, but really false. (-tam, -te) 1 truth and falsehood.

2) practice of truth and falsehood; i. e. trade, commerce; सत्यानृताभ्यामपि वा न श्ववृत्त्या कदाचन (satyānṛtābhyāmapi vā na śvavṛttyā kadācana) Manusmṛti 4.4 and 6.

Satyānṛta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms satya and anṛta (अनृत).

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

Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत).—n.

(-taṃ) Commerce, trade, traffic. E. satya truth, and anṛta falsehood, a mixed practice of truth and lies.

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

Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत).—[neuter] [dual] truth and falsehood ([figuratively] = commerce).

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

1) Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत):—[from satya > sat] mfn. true and false, containing truth and falsehood, [Hitopadeśa]

2) [v.s. ...] apparently true (but really false), [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] n. [dual number] truth and falsehood, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Āpastamba]

4) [v.s. ...] n. sg. or [dual number] practice of truth and f°, commerce, trade, [Manu-smṛti iv, 6; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Satyānṛta (सत्यानृत):—[satyā+nṛta] (taṃ) n. Commerce, trade.

[Sanskrit to German]

Satyanrita in German

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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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Partial matches: Anrita, Satya.

Full-text: Cattiyanirutam, Pramrita, Vritti, Anrita, Jiv, Satkarman.

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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

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