As a deity name
Name 656 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 920 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'सते' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is ते, meaning tā = wǒh. — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago nearest word: ते — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of sacrificial vessel
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sate" is the locative of "sata" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sate" is the dative of "sat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "sate" is the vocative of "sati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. sata m. n. a kind of sacrificial vessel, VS.; ŚBr.; KātyŚr.
2. sata See dvaya- and dve-s˚.
sat mf(satī)n. (pr. p. of √ 1. as) being, existing, occurring, happening, being present (sato me, ‘when I was present’; often connected with other participles or with an adverb, e.g. nāmni kṛte sati, ‘when the name has been given’; tathā sati, ‘if it be so’; also ibc., where sometimes = ‘possessed of’, cf. sat-kalpavṛkṣa), RV. &c. &c.
abiding in (loc.), MBh.
sati f. = sāti, santi, Pāṇ.; Vop.
= dāna, avasāna, L.
Alternative readings
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