सत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သတ် (Burmese script)
• સત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸತ್ (Kannada script)
• សត៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຕ຺ (Lao script)
• സത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸத் (Tamil script)
• సత్ (Telugu script)
• สตฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns ~ *Hsatás (“being, existing”). Equivalent to अस् (as, “to be”) +‎ -अत् (-at). Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬧𐬙 (haṇt).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐt̪/

Participle

सत् • (sát)

1. present participle of अस्ति (asti); being, existing, occurring, happening, being present
2. (with locative) abiding in
3. (with genitive) belonging to
4. living
5. lasting, enduring
6. real, actual, as any one or anything ought to be, true, good, right

Noun

सत् • (sát) stem, m

1. a being; (in the plural) beings, creatures
2. a good or wise man, a sage
3. good or honest or wise or respectable people

Noun

सत् • (sat) stem, n

1. entity or existence, essence
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.129.01

     nā́sad āsīn nó sád āsīt tadā́nīṃ nā́sīd rájo nó vyo mā paró yát
     kím ā́varīvaḥ kúha kásya šármann ámbhaḥ kím āsīd gáhanaṃ gabhīrám

     Then was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it.
     What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water?

2. that which is good or real or true, reality, truth

Derived terms

• सती (satī́)
• सत्य (satyá)
• सत्त्व (sattvá)
• सत्कार (satkāra)
• सत्कृत्य (satkṛtya)
• सत्पति (satpati)
• सत्पथ (satpatha)
• सत्पुत्र (satputra)
• सत्फल (satphala)
• सत्संकल्प (satsaṃkalpa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1134.