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Sat ((サンスクリット:सत्)) is a Sanskrit word meaning "the true essence (nature)" and that "which is unchangeable" of an entity, species or existence.〔Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120831056, pages 1134-1139〕 ''Sat'' is a common prefix in ancient Indian literature and variously implies that which is good, true, virtuous, being, happening, real, existing, enduring, lasting, essential.〔Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120831056, pages 1134-1139〕 In ancient texts, fusion words based on ''Sat'', refer to "Universal Spirit, Universal Principle, Being, Soul of the World, Brahman".〔Chaudhuri, H. (1954), The Concept of Brahman in Hindu Philosophy, Philosophy East and West, 4(1), 47-66〕〔Aurobindo & Basu (2002), The Sadhana of Plotinus, Neoplatonism and Indian Philosophy, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791452745, pages 153-156〕 ==Etymology== It can simply be said to be the present participle of the root ''as'' "to be" (PIE '; cognate to English ''is''). The concept is famously expressed in a mantra found in the (1.3.28), : :"lead me from delusion to truth; from darkness to light; from mortality to immortality" ''Sat'' is the root of many Sanskrit words and concepts such as ''sattva'' "pure, truthful" and ''satya'' "truth". As a prefix, in some context it means true and genuine; for example, sat-sastra means true doctrine, sat-van means one devoted to the true.〔Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120820005, pages 329-331〕 At a suffix, in some context it implies time; for example, panka-sat which means fifty years.〔Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120820005, pages 150〕〔Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120831056, pages 1134-1139〕 The negation of ''sat'' is asat, a combination word of ''a'' and ''sat''. ''Asat'' refers to the opposite of ''sat'', that is delusion, distorted, untrue, fleeting impression that is incorrect, invalid and false.〔Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120820005, pages 34〕〔Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120831056, pages 1134-1139〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sat (Sanskrit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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