सत्यवचन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সত্যৱচন (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬢ᭄ᬬᬯᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• সত্যবচন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰪𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀯𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သတျဝစန (Burmese script)
• સત્યવચન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਤ੍ਯਵਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦠꦾꦮꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂫𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸತ್ಯವಚನ (Kannada script)
• សត្យវចន (Khmer script)
• ສຕ຺ຍວຈນ (Lao script)
• സത്യവചന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᢠᠶᠠᠸᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘪𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢐᠶ᠋ᠠᠸᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦽𑧠𑧇𑧊𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐰𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସତ୍ଯଵଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢡ꣄ꢫꢮꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆮𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖪𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සත්‍යවචන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩫 𑪙𑩻𑩾𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚙𑚶𑚣𑚦𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸத்யவசந (Tamil script)
• సత్యవచన (Telugu script)
• สตฺยวจน (Thai script)
• ས་ཏྱ་ཝ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒫𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨙𑩇𑨪𑨭𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsatyás

Sanskrit सत्य (satya)

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-

Sanskrit वच् (vac)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit वचन (vacana)

Sanskrit सत्यवचन (satyavacana)

Compound of सत्य (satya, “true, honest; truth”) +‎ वचन (vacana, “speaking, statement”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐt.jɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐt̪ˈjɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सत्यवचन • (satyavacana) stem, n

1. speaking truth
2. promise, word, solemn assurance
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.23:

     स सत्यवचनाद् राजा धर्मपाशेन संयतः ।
     विवासयामास सुतं रामं दशरथः प्रियम् ॥

     sa satyavacanād rājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ.
     vivāsayāmāsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam.

     King Daśaratha, restrained by the bond of duty, sent away his dear son Rāma due to the promise.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सत्यवचन (satyavacana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सत्यवचनम् satyavacanam	सत्यवचने satyavacane	सत्यवचनानि / सत्यवचना¹ satyavacanāni / satyavacanā¹
Vocative	सत्यवचन satyavacana	सत्यवचने satyavacane	सत्यवचनानि / सत्यवचना¹ satyavacanāni / satyavacanā¹
Accusative	सत्यवचनम् satyavacanam	सत्यवचने satyavacane	सत्यवचनानि / सत्यवचना¹ satyavacanāni / satyavacanā¹
Instrumental	सत्यवचनेन satyavacanena	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् satyavacanābhyām	सत्यवचनैः / सत्यवचनेभिः¹ satyavacanaiḥ / satyavacanebhiḥ¹
Dative	सत्यवचनाय satyavacanāya	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् satyavacanābhyām	सत्यवचनेभ्यः satyavacanebhyaḥ
Ablative	सत्यवचनात् satyavacanāt	सत्यवचनाभ्याम् satyavacanābhyām	सत्यवचनेभ्यः satyavacanebhyaḥ
Genitive	सत्यवचनस्य satyavacanasya	सत्यवचनयोः satyavacanayoḥ	सत्यवचनानाम् satyavacanānām
Locative	सत्यवचने satyavacane	सत्यवचनयोः satyavacanayoḥ	सत्यवचनेषु satyavacaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सत्यवचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1136.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “satyavacana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सत्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1614