Satyavadin, Satya-vadin, Satyavadi, Satyavādi, Satyavādī, Satyavādin: 11 definitions
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Satyavadin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्) refers to “one who tells the truth”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] In other Śāstras, too, many precepts of wise men are heard which stimulate activity in those who conduct themselves properly in this world. Even a householder, who honestly earns his livelihood, and strives after the knowledge of truth, and honours his guests, and offers oblations to the Manes, and tells the truth (satyavādin), attains liberation. [...]”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्) refers to “(one who is) truthful”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.1 (“Description of Tripura—the three cities”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “O great sage, when the Asura Tāraka was killed by Skanda, the son of Śiva, his three sons performed austerities. The eldest of them was Tārakākṣa, the middle one Vidyunmālī and the youngest Kamalākṣa. All of them were of equal strength. They were self-controlled, well prepared, disciplined, truthful (satyavādin), of steady mind, heroic and inimical to the gods. [...]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्).—a.
1) truth-speaking.
2) sincere, outspoken, candid.
Satyavādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms satya and vādin (वादिन्).
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्).—mfn. (-dī-dinī-di) Speaking truth. E. satya truth, vādin who speaks.
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्).—adj., f. nī, speaking truth, [Pañcatantra] 100, 23.
Satyavādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms satya and vādin (वादिन्).
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्).—[adjective] truth-speaking, truthful; [abstract] vāditā [feminine] & tva [neuter]
1) Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्):—[=satya-vādin] [from satya > sat] mfn. = -vācaka, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Kauśika, [Mahābhārata]
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्):—[satya-vādin] (dī-dinī-di) a. Speaking truth.
Satyavādin (सत्यवादिन्):—
1) adj. Wahres redend, wahrhaft [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 16, 6. 11, 4, 11.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 12, 1, 3, 23.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 2, 8.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 26. 8, 179.] [Mahābhārata 3, 2074.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 22. 6, 6. 57, 10. 2, 34, 9. 44, 3. 62, 14. 107, 9.] [Spr. (II) 1336. fg. 1745. 4578. 4977,] [Nalopākhyāna 6712. 7008. 7520.] [Śākuntala 69, 22.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 464.] [BRAHMAP.] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 48, 15.] [Pañcatantra 100, 23.] als Observanz [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 1, 11. 19, 1, 12.] —
2) m. Beiname Kauśika’s, der in seiner vorangehenden Geburt ein Jäger Namens Bālaka gewesen war: satyaṃ mayā sadā vācyamiti tasyābhavadvratam . satyavādīti vikhyātaḥ sa tadāsīt [Mahābhārata 8, 3449.] —
3) f. nī eine Form der Dākṣāyaṇī [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,33.] eine Bodhivṛkṣadevatā [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 421, 16. fg.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Satyavādi (ಸತ್ಯವಾದಿ):—[noun] = ಸತ್ಯವಂತ [satyavamta].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Satyavādī (सत्यवादी):—adj. truthful; true; n. a truthful person;
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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