tattva | तत्त्व | tattva
tat—tva | तत्—त्व | n. true or real state, truth, reality, ŚvetUp.; Mn.; Bhag. &c.
(in phil.) a true principle (in Sāṃkhya phil. 25 in number, viz. a-vyakta | अ-व्यक्त |, budḍi | बुद्डि |, ahaṃ-kāra | अहं-कार |, the 5 Tan-mātras, the 5 Mahā-bhūtas, the 11 organs including manas | मनस् |, and, lastly, puruśa | पुरुश |, qq.vv.), MBh. xii, 11840; xiv, 984; R. iii, 53, 42; Tattvas.; 24 in number, MBh. xii, 11242; Hariv. 14840 (m.); 23 in number, BhP. iii, 6, 2 ff.; for other numbers cf. xi, 22, 1 ff.; RāmatUp.; with Māheśvaras and Lokāyatikas only 5 [viz. the 5 elements] are admitted, Prab. ii, 18/19; with Buddh. 4, with Jainas 2 or 5 or 7 or 9 Sarvad. ii f.; in Vedānta phil. tattva | तत्त्व | is regarded as made up of tad | तद् | and tvam | त्वम् |, ‘that [art] thou’, and called mahā-vākya | महा-वाक्य |, the great word by which the identity of the whole world with the one eternal Brahma [tad | तद् |] is expressed)
the number 25 Sūryas. ii
the number 24 DevībhP.; ŚBr. vii, 3, 1, 43; Sāy.
an element or elementary property, W.
the essence or substance of anything, W.
the being that, Jaim. i, 3, 24, Sch.
= tata-tva | तत-त्व |, L.
N. of a musical instrument, L.
(in phil.) a true principle (in Sāṃkhya phil. 25 in number, viz. a-vyakta | अ-व्यक्त |, budḍi | बुद्डि |, ahaṃ-kāra | अहं-कार |, the 5 Tan-mātras, the 5 Mahā-bhūtas, the 11 organs including manas | मनस् |, and, lastly, puruśa | पुरुश |, qq.vv.), MBh. xii, 11840; xiv, 984; R. iii, 53, 42; Tattvas.; 24 in number, MBh. xii, 11242; Hariv. 14840 (m.); 23 in number, BhP. iii, 6, 2 ff.; for other numbers cf. xi, 22, 1 ff.; RāmatUp.; with Māheśvaras and Lokāyatikas only 5 [viz. the 5 elements] are admitted, Prab. ii, 18/19; with Buddh. 4, with Jainas 2 or 5 or 7 or 9 Sarvad. ii f.; in Vedānta phil. tattva | तत्त्व | is regarded as made up of tad | तद् | and tvam | त्वम् |, ‘that [art] thou’, and called mahā-vākya | महा-वाक्य |, the great word by which the identity of the whole world with the one eternal Brahma [tad | तद् |] is expressed)
the number 25 Sūryas. ii
the number 24 DevībhP.; ŚBr. vii, 3, 1, 43; Sāy.
an element or elementary property, W.
the essence or substance of anything, W.
the being that, Jaim. i, 3, 24, Sch.
= tata-tva | तत-त्व |, L.
N. of a musical instrument, L.