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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry तत्त्वम्

  1. तत्त्वम्tattvama philosopher.
    1. a philosopher.
    2. knowing the true nature of Brahman.
    3. knowing the true nature of anything; Ms.12.12.
    4. acquainted with the true principles of science. (-ज्ञः) a Brāmaṇa.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • तत्त्वम् tattvam

      1. (Sometimes written as तत्वम्)
      2. True state or condition, fact; वयं तत्त्वान्वेषान्मधुकर हतास्त्वं खलु कृती Ś.1. 23.
      3. Truth, reality; न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते Bg.9.24.
      4. True or essential nature; संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् Bg.18.1;3.28; Ms.1.3;3.96; 5.42.
      5. The real nature of the human soul or the material world as being identical with the Supreme Spirit pervading the universe.
      6. A true or first principle.
      7. An element, a primary substance; तत्त्वान्य- बुद्धाः प्रतनूनि येन, ध्यानं नृपस्तच्छिवमित्यवादीत् Bk.1.18.
      8. The mind.
      9. Sum and substance.
      10. Slow time in music.
      11. An element or elementary property.
      12. The Supreme Being.
      13. A kind of dance.
      14. The three qualities or constituents of every thing in nature (सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्).
      15. The body; तत्त्वाभेदेन यच्छास्त्रं तत्कार्यं नान्यथाविधम् Mb.12.267.9.
    • -अभियोगः a positive charge or declaration.

    • -अभ्यासः The study of the reality; एवं तत्त्वाभ्यासात् Sān. K.64.

    • -अर्थः truth, reality, the exact truth, real nature.

    • -ज्ञ, -विद् Adjective

    • -ज्ञानम्

      1. knowledge of the truth.
      2. a thorough knowledge of the principles of a science.
      3. philosophy.
    • -दर्शिन् दृश् perceiving truth.

    • -निकषग्रावन् Masculine the touch-stone of truth.

    • -न्यासः Name of a ceremony performed in honour of Viṣṇu consisting in the application of mystical letters or other marks to different parts of the body while certain prayers are repeated.

    • -भावः true being or nature; Kaṭh.6.

    • -शुद्धिः ascertainment of truth; Ks.75.194.

    • -संख्यानम् Sāṅkhya philosophy; तत्त्वसंख्यानविज्ञप्त्यै जातं विद्वानजः स्वराट् Bhāg.3.24.1.

    In the Gita18·1

    संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।

    saṁnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum, — Arjuna said:- I desire, O mighty-armed, to know the principle of Sannyasa and the principle of Tyaga, O Hrishikesha, and their difference, O… 18·1
    • तत्त्वम्tattvaaccusative singular of the neuter noun tattva (the true principle).

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Headwords under त

Part 1 of 8 त – तपनीयAll parts
  1. त – तपनीय
  2. तपस् – तलाची
  3. तलिका – तारकिणी
  4. तारकित – तिष्ठद्धोम
  5. तिष्य – तुष्य
  6. तुस् – तैलिनम्
  7. तैलिनी – त्रैशङ्कव
  8. त्रोटकम् – त्सारुक