As a deity name
Name 867 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
endowed with life, living, existent, a living being
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member vAn unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sattvavān" is the nominative of "sattvavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "sattvavat" is derived from "sattva" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
sat—tva See below.
sat-tva n. (ifc. f(ā). ) being, existence, entity, reality (īśvara-s˚, ‘the existence of a Supreme Being’), TS. &c. &c.
sat-tva—vat mfn. endowed with life, living, existent, a living being, W.
endowed with or possessed of the true essence, MW.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
sat-tva—vat mfn. endowed with life, living, existent, a living being, W.
endowed with or possessed of the true essence, MW.
sat—tva See below.
sat-tva n. (ifc. f(ā). ) being, existence, entity, reality (īśvara-s˚, ‘the existence of a Supreme Being’), TS. &c. &c.
Caveats
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