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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for तत्त्व

2 dictionaries · exact headword

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तत्त्वtattvan. true or real state, truth, reality S3vetUp. Mn. Bhag. &c.
    1. neuter gender true or real state, truth, reality S3vetUp. Mn. Bhag. etc.
    2. neuter gender (in philosophy) a true principle (in Sa1m2khya सांख्य philosophy 25 in number, viz. अ-व्यक्त, बुद्धि, अहं-कार, the 5 Tan-ma1tras तन्-मात्र s, the 5 Maha1-bhu1tas महा-भूत s, the 11 organs including मनस्, and, lastly, पुरुष, qq.vv.) MBh. xii, 11840; xiv, 984 R. iii, 53, 42 Tattvas.; 24 in number MBh. xii, 11242 Hariv. 14840 (masculine gender); 23 in number BhP. iii, 6, 2 ff.
    3. neuter gender (for other numbers confer, compare xi, 22, 1 ff. Ra1matUp.; with Ma1hes3varas माहेश्वर s and Loka7yatikas लोकायतिक s only 5 [viz. the 5 elements] are admitted Prab. ii, 18/19; with Buddh. 4, with Jainas जैन s 2 or 5 or 7 or 9 Sarvad. ii feminine; in Veda7nta वेदा*न्त philosophy तत्त्व is regarded as made up of तद् and त्वम्, "that [art] thou", and called महा-वाक्य, the great word by which the identity of the whole world with the one eternal Brahma ब्रह्म [तद्] is expressed)
    4. neuter gender the, number 25 Su1ryas. ii
    5. neuter gender the number 24 Devi1bhP. S3Br. vii, 3, 1, 43 Sa1y.
    6. neuter gender an element or elementary property W.
    7. neuter gender the essence or substance of anything W.
    8. neuter gender the being that Jaim. i, 3, 24 Scholiast or Commentator
    9. neuter gender Equivalent to तत-त्व Lexicographers
    10. neuter gender Name of a musical instrument Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तत्त्वtattva[tat-tva] n. (that-ness), very essence, true nature, truth, reality; principle (esp. one of the 25 in the…

    [tat-tva] neuter (that-ness), very essence, true nature, truth, reality; principle (especially one of the 25 in the Sâṅkhya philosophy); in the Vedânta philosophy the word is artificially analysed into 'tat tvam,' that (art) thou, as expressing the identity of the multiform phenomenal world (tvam) with the one undifferentiated invisible Brahma (tad): instrumental, -tas, ˚--, in reality; truly; exactly; thoroughly.

    Source: Macdonell

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