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sattva, n. Hinduism.
Brit. |ˈsatvə|, U.S. |ˈsætvə|
Forms: 18– sattva, 18– sattwa
[‹ Sanskrit sattva, lit. ‘being, essence, reality’, ultimately > n.).]
In the Sankhya philosophy: one of the three dominating principles of nature (or gunas), manifested in material things as clarity or lightness, and in the individual as intelligence, virtue and serene joy. Cf. guna n. 2.
[1859J. R. Ballantyne Christianity contrasted with Hindu Philos. p. xxxv, Ignorance..is spoken of as ‘consisting of the three fetters’, the word for ‘quality’ (viz., guna) originally meaning ‘a fetter’... We have phenomena of pure cognition, of lively emotion, and, finally, of inertness... The three..are named respectively in Sanskrit, sattwa, rajas, and tamas.] 1860Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. 9 148 Dr Ballantyne..tells us distinctly that the three gunas, or qualities, are Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas... Sattwa[denotes] all positive qualities. 1895E. Arnold Tenth Muse 62 All that is Sattwa, Rájas, Tamas; all Which influences, which predominates, Which operates in creatures, have for source The will of Kâla. 1912Mind 21 76 Matter as differentiated (Prakriti) is described as possessing three attributes, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas (translated as rhythm, activity and inertia). 1922Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 4 He..is in a true sense the citizen of the world. The quality of sattva with its ideals of joy and love predominates over those of rajas..and tamas. 1934Philos. Rev. 43 598 Everything that exists as real in the universe..is the product of these guṇa reals in different proportions; in some the sattwa element may predominate, in others, the rajas, in yet others, the tamas. 1963D. M. Matheson tr. F. Schuon Understanding Islam iv. 129 Fire, inasmuch as it has a tendency to rise and to illumine, corresponds to sattwa. 1997Oxf. Dict. World Relig. 863/2 The yogin, after purifying first his body and then his mind, attains a pure sattva state. |