As a deity name
Name 191 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
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
speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "satyāyai" is the dative of "satyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "satyāyai" is the dative of "satya" — 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.
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.
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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