satyá mf(A)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.
satyá 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.]
of Rāma-candra, [L.]
of a supernatural being, [Gaut.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Hcat.]
of a deity presiding over the Nāndī-mukha Śrāddha, [L.]
of one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [Cat.]
of a Vyāsa, [Cat.]
of a son of Havir-dhāna, [BhP.]
of a son of Vitatya, [MBh.]
of one of the 7 Ṛṣis in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
(with ācārya) N. of an astronomer (author of the Horā-śāstra), [VarBṛS.]
pl. N. of a class of gods in various Manvantaras, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
satyá (am), n. truth, reality (satyena, ‘truly’, ‘certainly’, ‘really’; kásmāt sátyāt, ‘for what reason, how is it that?’ téna satyéna, ‘for that reason, so truly’; yathā-tena [or evaṃ] satyena, ‘as-so truly’; with Buddhists truth is of two kinds, viz. saṃvṛti- and paramārtha-satyam, ‘truth by general consent’ and ‘self-evident truth’, [Dharmas. 95]; for the four fundamental truths of Buddhists See [MWB. 43]; [56]), [RV.] &c. &c.
speaking the truth, sincerity, veracity, [KenUp.]; [Mn.]; [R.] &c.
a solemn asseveration, vow, promise, oath (satyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇa, ‘wishing to fulfil one's promise or keep one's word’), [AV.] &c. &c.
demonstrated conclusion, dogma, [W.]
the quality of goodness or purity or knowledge, [MW.]
the first of the four Yugas or ages (= 1. -kṛtá, q.v.), [L.]
a partic. mythical weapon, [R.]
the uppermost of the 7 Lokas (see under m.), [Vedāntas.]; [BhP.]
one of the 7 Vyāhṛtis, [L.]
partic. Satya-formula, [ĀśvŚr.]
= udaka, water, [Naigh. i, 12]
(also with prajāpateḥ) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; [ŚrS.]
&c. See p. 1135, col. 3.