As a deity name
Name 74 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 303 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 210 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 492 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
सत्या · noun · feminine
सच्चाई । सत्यता · दुर्गा का एक नाम · सीता का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
सत्या · satyā · s.f.
Truth, veracity; sincerity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 641
Cited formation "सत्या" is सत्य + -आ: सत्य means "true, real", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सत्या" is सत्य + -आ: सत्य means "true, real", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सत्या" is स- + त्या: त्या means "से", and the prefix स- forms with, together with, same. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(23) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "satyā" is the instrumental of "satī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "satyā" is the feminine form of "satya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "satyā" is the instrumental of "sati" — 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
Dictionary citations
satyā (ā), f. speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity, W.
a partic. Śakti, Pañcar.
N. of Durgā, Cat.
of Śītā, L.
of Satyavatī (mother of Vyāsa), L.
satī (ī), f., see satī below
1. satī f. (fem. of sat; for 2. See p. 1138, col. 2) her ladyship, your ladyship (= bhavatī, sometimes = ‘you’), 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.
sati f. = sāti, santi, Pāṇ.; Vop.
= dāna, avasāna, L.
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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