सत्यवचन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সত্যৱচন (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬢ᭄ᬬᬯᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• সত্যবচন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰪𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀯𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သတျဝစန (Burmese script)
• સત્યવચન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਤ੍ਯਵਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦠꦾꦮꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂫𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸತ್ಯವಚನ (Kannada script)
• សត្យវចន (Khmer script)
• ສຕ຺ຍວຈນ (Lao script)
• സത്യവചന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢠᠶᠠᠸᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘪𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢐᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦽𑧠𑧇𑧊𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐰𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସତ୍ଯଵଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢡ꣄ꢫꢮꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆮𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖪𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සත්‍යවචන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩫 𑪙𑩻𑩾𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚙𑚶𑚣𑚦𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸத்யவசந (Tamil script)
• సత్యవచన (Telugu script)
• สตฺยวจน (Thai script)
• ས་ཏྱ་ཝ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒫𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨙𑩇𑨪𑨭𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsatyás

Sanskrit सत्य (satya)

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-

Sanskrit वच् (vac)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit वचन (vacana)

Sanskrit सत्यवचन

Compound of सत्य (satya, “true, honest; truth”) +‎ वचन (vacana, “speaking, statement”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐt.jɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐt̪.jɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सत्यवचन • (satyavacana) stem, n

1. speaking truth
2. promise, word, solemn assurance
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.23:

     स सत्यवचनाद् राजा धर्मपाशेन संयतः ।
     विवासयामास सुतं रामं दशरथः प्रियम् ॥

     sa satyavacanād rājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ.
     vivāsayāmāsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam.

     King Daśaratha, restrained by the bond of duty, sent away his dear son Rāma due to the promise.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सत्यवचन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सत्यवचनम् (satyavacanam)	सत्यवचने (satyavacane)	सत्यवचनानि (satyavacanāni) सत्यवचना¹ (satyavacanā¹)
accusative	सत्यवचनम् (satyavacanam)	सत्यवचने (satyavacane)	सत्यवचनानि (satyavacanāni) सत्यवचना¹ (satyavacanā¹)
instrumental	सत्यवचनेन (satyavacanena)	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् (satyavacanābhyām)	सत्यवचनैः (satyavacanaiḥ) सत्यवचनेभिः¹ (satyavacanebhiḥ¹)
dative	सत्यवचनाय (satyavacanāya)	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् (satyavacanābhyām)	सत्यवचनेभ्यः (satyavacanebhyaḥ)
ablative	सत्यवचनात् (satyavacanāt)	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् (satyavacanābhyām)	सत्यवचनेभ्यः (satyavacanebhyaḥ)
genitive	सत्यवचनस्य (satyavacanasya)	सत्यवचनयोः (satyavacanayoḥ)	सत्यवचनानाम् (satyavacanānām)
locative	सत्यवचने (satyavacane)	सत्यवचनयोः (satyavacanayoḥ)	सत्यवचनेषु (satyavacaneṣu)
vocative	सत्यवचन (satyavacana)	सत्यवचने (satyavacane)	सत्यवचनानि (satyavacanāni) सत्यवचना¹ (satyavacanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सत्यवचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1136.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “satyavacana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “सत्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1614