Where does “sattva” come from?
sattva (English) comes from Sanskrit सत्त्व, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns.
sattva (English): One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy,...
Definitions
- One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy,...
Ancestry of “sattva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | सत्त्व | essence; goodness; spirit |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सत् | present participle of अस् ; being, existing,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hsáns | — |
Words derived from “sattva”