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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]].

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>


== Notes ==

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==Further reading==

*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Sat# Sat] at Theosopedia


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