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Tattva means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Tattva (तत्त्व):—(von tad) n.

1) das Verhältniss wie es ist, das wahre Verhältniss. - Wesen, die wahre Natur, Wahrheit, = svarūpa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 415.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 522. fgg.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 9.] saṃnyāsasya tattvamicchāmi veditum [Bhagavadgītā 18, 1.] tattvavit guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ [3, 28.] ātma, brahma [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 2, 14. 15.] kāryatattvārthavid [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 3.] vedatattvārthavid [3, 96. 5, 42.] vedatattvārtham [4, 92.] vedaśāstrārthatattvajña [12, 102.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 16.] gāndharvatattvajña [4, 11. 7, 11.] [Hitopadeśa 7, 20.] hayatattvajña [Arjunasamāgama 4, 37.] [Nalopākhyāna 19, 2.] ratnatattvajña [Kathāsaritsāgara 24, 177.] avekṣituṃ tattvam [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 126.] tattvānveṣa [Śākuntala 22.] viditatattvā tacchakteḥ [Pañcatantra 75, 14.] tattvaniṣṭhatā (vācaḥ) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 67.] tattvena dem wahren Verhältniss entsprechend, wie es sich in Wahrheit verhält, in Wahrheit, genau: na caināṃ veda tatrānyastattvena [Mahābhārata 4, 279.] [Bhagavadgītā 9, 24.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 68.] ācakṣva bandhūṃśca ca patiṃ kulaṃ ca tattvena [Duaupadīpramātha 2, 5.] [Nalopākhyāna 16, 34.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 48, 13. 3, 77, 18.] tattvatas dass.: provāca tāṃ tattvato brahmavidyām [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 13.] kāryaṃ so vekṣya śaktiṃ ca deśakālau ca tattvataḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 10. 16. 154. 178. 8, 32 u.s.w.] [Bhagavadgītā 4, 9.] [Mahābhārata 4, 234.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 18, 10. 2, 21, 16.] [Śākuntala 11, 16.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 27, 11.] taṃ cāhaṃ tattvato nviṣya genau, sorgfältig [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 21, 37.] dharmatattvataḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 229.] tattvādhigataśāstrārtha [Suśruta 1, 123, 15.] In philos. Sinne Wahrheit, Realität, Grundprincip, deren nach den verschiedenen Systemen eine verschiedene Anzahl angenommen wird; = bhāva, padārtha, dharma, sattva, vastu [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 21.] śūnyaṃ tattvam [Kapila 1, 44.] die 25 Tattva des Sāṃkhya (als Bez. der Zahl 25 [Sūryasiddhānta 2, 17. 31]) [Sânkhya Philosophy 1.] [Mahābhārata 12, 11840. 14, 984.] pañcapañcakatattvajña [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 42.] yasyāpi devasya (śivasya) guṇāṃsamagrāṃstattvāṃścaturviṃśatimāhureke (m.! Als Bez. der Zahl 24 [Oxforder Handschriften 79], b, [24.] [Sāyaṇa] zu [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7, 3, 1, 43]) [Harivaṃśa 14840.] [PURĀṆA][TANTRA im Śabdakalpadruma] trayoviṃśatitattvānāṃ gaṇam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 6, 2. 4.] 5 Tattva, näml. die fünf Elemente, bei den Māheśvara [Colebrooke I, 409.] pṛthivyaptejovāyavastattvāni (lokāyate śāstre) [Prabodhacandrodaja 27, 19.] mahattattva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 5, 27. 29.] ekatattvābhyāsa [Yogasūtra 1, 32.] vadanti tattattvavidastattvaṃ yajjñānamadvayam . brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavāniti śabdyate [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 2, 11.] tattvajñāna [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 311.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 39.] Titel eines Werkes [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 132.] tattva = paramātman [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 415.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = brahman [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 117.] = cetas [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] Im Vedānta wird das Wort künstlich in tat tvam dieses du zerlegt, und durch diese Verbindung mahāvākya das grosse Wort genannt, die Identität der Welt (tvam), des nur in Folge einer Täuschung vielfach erscheinenden Brahman's, mit dem in Wahrheit einheitlichen Brahman (tad) ausgedrückt; vgl. [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 20, 6.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 614. 621. 624.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 114, 18. fgg.] und die Scholien dazu. —

2) das das-Sein; so erklärt z. B. der Schol. zu [Jaimini 1, 3, 24] arthasyānimittatvāt durch arthasya vākyārthajñānasya atat padārthajñānabhinnam nimittaṃ kāraṇaṃ yasya tattvāt; vgl. ebend. [25.] —

3) der langsame Tact [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 9.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 415.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 292.] [Medinīkoṣa] ein best. musikalisches Instrument (vādyabheda) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Tattva (तत्त्व):—

1) deren vierundzwanzig [Mahābhārata 12, 11242.] vier [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 325. fg.] neun [325.] drei, vier, fünf, sechs, sieben, neun, eilf, dreizehn, sechszehn, siebenzehn, fünfundzwanzig und sechsundzwanzig [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 22, 1. fgg.] vier bei den Buddhisten [SARVADARŚANAS. 20, 20. 23, 18.] zwei, fünf, sieben und neun bei den Jaina [33, 19. 35, 4. 36, 14. 41, 5.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 306. fgg.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Tattva (तत्त्व):—n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) das Verhältniss wie es ist , das wahre V. , — Wesen , die wahre Natur , Wahrheit. tattvena , tattvatas und tattva dem wahren Verhältniss entsprechend , wie es sich in Wahrheit verhält , in W. , der W. gemäss , genau , sorgfältig. Im philosophischen Sinne Wahrheit , so v.a. Realität , Grundprincip , deren nach den verschiedenen Systemen eine verschiedene Anzahl (gewöhnlich 25 oder

24) angenommen wird. Einmal m. —

2) Bez. der Zahlen 25 und 24. —

3) das Dassein. —

4) *der langsame Tact. —

5) *ein best. musikalisches Instrument.

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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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