As a deity name
Name 804 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 81 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 829 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 84 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
सत्य · masculine
truth; reality, actuality; sincerity, righteousness
सत्य
true, real; sincere, honest, righteous
Śabdasāgara also records: जो बात जैसी है, उसके संबंध में वैसा ही (कथन) । यथार्थ । ठीक । वास्तविक । सही । यथातथ्य । जैसे,— सत्य बात, सत्य वचन · असल
Platts (p. 641) also records: (f. -ā), True, real, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful; accurate, pure, virtuous, good
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi सत्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit सत्य (satyá, “true; truth, reality”). Doublet of सच (sac), a tadbhava.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
satya mf(ā)n. true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid (satyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to make true, ratify, realise, fulfil’), RV. &c. &c.
satya m. the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; see loka), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
truth, reality (satyena, ‘truly’, ‘certainly’, ‘really’; kasmāt satyāt, ‘for what reason, how is it that?’ tena satyena, ‘for that reason, so truly’; yathā-tena [or evaṃ] satyena…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "satya" is the vocative of "satyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "satya" is derived from "sat" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
satya mf(ā)n. true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid (satyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to make true, ratify, realise, fulfil’), RV. &c. &c.
satya m. the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; see loka), L.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
satya mf(ā)n. true, real, actual, genuine, sincere, honest, truthful, faithful, pure, virtuous, good, successful, effectual, valid (satyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to make true, ratify, realise, fulfil’), RV. &c. &c.
satya m. the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; see loka), L.
N. of the ninth Kalpa (q.v.), Pur.
the Aśvattha tree, L.
N. of Viṣṇu, L.
satyā (ā), f. speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity, W.
a partic. Śakti, Pañcar.
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.
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