sāttvika | सात्त्विक | sAttvika

sāttvika | सात्त्विक | mf(I)n. (fr. sat-tva | सत्-त्व |) spirited, vigorous, energetic, Mn.; MBh. &c.
relating to or endowed with the quality Sattva (i.e. ‘purity’ or ‘goodness’), pure, true, genuine, honest, good, virtuous (also applied to partic. Purāṇas which exalt Viṣṇu, IW. 513), MaitrUp.; Mn.; MBh. &c. internal, caused by internal feeling or sentiment, Mālatīm.
natural, not artificial, unaffected (as style), Sāh.
sāttvika | सात्त्विक | m. a state of body caused by some natural emotion (constituting a class of 8 Bhāvas holding a middle place between the Sthāyi- and Vyabhicāri-bhāvas, viz. stamBa | स्तम्Bअ |, sveda | स्वेद |, romāẏca | रोमाय़्च |, svara-vikāra | स्वर-विकार |, vepaṭu | वेपटु |, varṛa-vikāra | वरृअ-विकार |, aṣru | अष्रु |, pralaya | प्रलय |, qq.vv.), ib.
N. of Brahmā, L.
of the eighth creation by Prajā-pati, MW.
sāttvika | सात्त्विक | n. an offering or oblation (without pouring water), L.

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