sattvan.

Brit.

/ˈsatvə/, U.S.

/ˈsætvə/

Forms: 1700s– satwa, 1800s suttva, 1800s– sattva, 1800s– sattwa, 1800s– satva.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sattva.

Etymology: < Sanskrit sattva being, true essence, reality, one of the gunas of Sankhya philosophy < sat existing, real, true (see sati n.) + -tva, suffix forming abstract nouns.

Hinduism.

In the Sankhya philosophy: one of the three dominating principles of nature (or gunas), manifested in material things as clarity or lightness, and in the individual as intelligence, virtue and serene joy. Cf. guna n. 2, rajas n., tamas n.

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1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xiv. 109 From the Sătwă is produced wisdom, from the Răjă covetousness, and from the Tămă madness.

1825 Q. Oriental Mag. Mar. 22 The Satwa..comprises the presence of all good and absence of all evil.

1855 J. C. Thomson in Bhagavad-gītā 107 A good disposition containing more sattwa, or goodness, than badness or indifference.

1895 E. Arnold Tenth Muse 62 All that is Sattwa, Rájas, Tamas; all Which influences, which predominates, Which operates in creatures, have for source The will of Kâla.

1922 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 4 He..is in a true sense the citizen of the world. The quality of sattva with its ideals of joy and love predominates over those of rajas..and tamas.

1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam iv. 129 Fire, inasmuch as it has a tendency to rise and to illumine, corresponds to sattwa.

2015 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) May 102/3 We will also experience sattva—that positive and balanced state of mind when we feel we're at 100 per cent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sattva
释义	sattvan. Brit. /ˈsatvə/, U.S. /ˈsætvə/ Forms: 1700s– satwa, 1800s suttva, 1800s– sattva, 1800s– sattwa, 1800s– satva. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sattva. Etymology: < Sanskrit sattva being, true essence, reality, one of the gunas of Sankhya philosophy < sat existing, real, true (see sati n.) + -tva, suffix forming abstract nouns. Hinduism. In the Sankhya philosophy: one of the three dominating principles of nature (or gunas), manifested in material things as clarity or lightness, and in the individual as intelligence, virtue and serene joy. Cf. guna n. 2, rajas n., tamas n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > Sankhya > concepts in rajas1785 sattva1785 tamas1785 guna1862 1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xiv. 109 From the Sătwă is produced wisdom, from the Răjă covetousness, and from the Tămă madness. 1825 Q. Oriental Mag. Mar. 22 The Satwa..comprises the presence of all good and absence of all evil. 1855 J. C. Thomson in Bhagavad-gītā 107 A good disposition containing more sattwa, or goodness, than badness or indifference. 1895 E. Arnold Tenth Muse 62 All that is Sattwa, Rájas, Tamas; all Which influences, which predominates, Which operates in creatures, have for source The will of Kâla. 1922 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 4 He..is in a true sense the citizen of the world. The quality of sattva with its ideals of joy and love predominates over those of rajas..and tamas. 1963 D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam iv. 129 Fire, inasmuch as it has a tendency to rise and to illumine, corresponds to sattwa. 2015 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) May 102/3 We will also experience sattva—that positive and balanced state of mind when we feel we're at 100 per cent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1785
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