sat—tvá See below.
sat-tvá n. (ifc. f(A). ) being, existence, entity, reality (īśvara-s°, ‘the existence of a Supreme Being’), [TS.] &c. &c.
true essence, nature, disposition of mind, character, [PañcavBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
spiritual essence, spirit, mind, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]
vital breath, life, consciousness, strength of character, strength, firmness, energy, resolution, courage, self-command, good sense, wisdom, magnanimity, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
the quality of purity or goodness (regarded in the Sāṃkhya phil. as the highest of the three Guṇas [q.v.] or constituents of Prakṛti because it renders a person true, honest, wise &c., and a thing pure, clean &c.), [MaitrUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c., [MBh.]; [R.]
material or elementary substance, entity, matter, a thing, [Nir.]; [Prāt.]
a substantive, noun, [W.]
sat-tvá m. n. a living or sentient being, creature, animal, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
sat-tvá m. embryo, fetus, rudiment of life (see -lakṣaṇā)
a ghost, demon, goblin, monster, [R.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.]
N. of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh.]
sat-tvá See p. 1135, col. 2.