sattvicadj.
/ˈsatvɪk/, U.S. /ˈsætvɪk/ Hinduism.
In the Sankhya philosophy: characterized by a predominance of sattva over the other two gunas; of or relating to sattva. Cf. guna n. 2, sattva n.
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1892 Lucifer Mar. 48 Mâyâ is not Mûlaprakiti itself, and is only a Sattvic emanation of it.
1913 Athenæum 4 Jan. 12/1 The pursuit of the Five Symbols..introduces us to sāttvic food, astral and mental bodies, and the ‘Atlanteans who preceded the Toltec’.
1960 J. Hewitt Yoga i. 29 The Yogi must wash every day, practise the purification processes and eat pure (Sattwic) foods.
1982 M. K. Bannerjee in Philos. East & West 32 100 Dasgupta's use of the term ‘plasticity’ does bring into sharp focus the link between natural (rajasic and tamasic?) and cognitive (sattvic?) systems.
2007 A. K. Srivastava & G. Misra Rethinking Intelligence vi. 137 The tamasic vision..is ignorant of the oneness that is experienced in sattvic insight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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