Satyavacana, Satya-vacana: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSatyavacana (सत्यवचन):—1. n.
1) das Sprechen der Wahrheit [Chāndogyopaniṣad 3, 17, 4.] —
2) das Geben eines Versprechens, Versprechen, Gelöbniss [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 23 (26 Gorresio). 2, 110, 12.] svasatyavacanaṃ rakṣan [Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 53.]
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Satyavacana (सत्यवचन):—2. adj. die Wahrheit redend [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15, 20.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Satya, Vacana.
Starts with: Satyavacanartham, Satyavacanayoga.
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The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) (by Arpita Chakraborty)
7. The Upanisadic Ethics < [Chapter 1 - Indian Ethics]
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Verse 3.17.4 < [Section 3.17]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 3 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 1.11 < [Book 1 - Brahma-kāṇḍa (or Āgama-samuccaya)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Why the buddha thinks highly of his ten powers < [Part 3 - Appendices to the ten powers]
I. Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas < [Part 4 - Being born into the family of the Bodhisattvas, etc.]
Bhūmi 1: the joyous ground (pramuditā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 5 - Dāna (donation—the practice of cultivating kindness) < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]