Where does “sattvic” come from?
sattvic (English) comes from English sattva, from Sanskrit सत्त्व, from Sanskrit सत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsáns.
sattvic (English): Relating or conforming to sattva
Definitions
- Relating or conforming to sattva
Ancestry of “sattvic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sattva | One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy,... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सत्त्व | essence; goodness; spirit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सत् | present participle of अस् ; being, existing,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hsáns | — |