Definitions for sattva

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sattva satt·va

Spelling: [suht-vuh]

IPA: /ˈsʌt və/

Sattva is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in sattva (aasttv).

Definitions for sattva

noun

1. See under guna.
2. (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)

Origin of sattva

From Sanskrit

Examples for sattva

Thus "sight," or the power of seeing, is a modification of the quality of sattva unobstructed by rajas and tamas.