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'''Sat''' (devanāgarī: सत्) is a [[Sanskrit]] adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the [[Vedanta]]. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, [[Brahman]].
'''Sat''' (devanāgarī: सत्) is a [[Sanskrit]] adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the [[Vedanta]]. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, [[Brahman]].


In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] literature ''sat'' is frequently used to refer to the Absolute:
In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] literature ''sat'' is frequently used to refer to the [[Absolute]]:
 
<blockquote>'''Sat''' (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, Be-ness itself.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.</ref></blockquote>


<blockquote>'''Sat''' (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, [[Be-ness]] itself.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.</ref></blockquote>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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Revision as of 10:29, 3 January 2019

Sat (devanāgarī: सत्) is a Sanskrit adjective meaning "the ideal; pure and true essence (nature)" of an entity or existence in the Vedanta. It can thus be related to the self-existent or Universal Spirit, Brahman.

In the Theosophical literature sat is frequently used to refer to the Absolute:

Sat (Sk.). The one ever-present Reality in the infinite world; the divine essence which is, but cannot be said to exist, as it is Absoluteness, Be-ness itself.[1]

Notes

  1. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 292.

Further reading

  • Sat at Theosopedia