sanantano

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀦𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀦𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• सनन्तनो (Devanagari script)
• সনন্তনো (Bengali script)
• සනන‍්තනො (Sinhalese script)
• သနန္တနော or သၼၼ္တၼေႃ or သၼၼ်တၼေႃ (Burmese script)
• สนนฺตโน or สะนันตะโน (Thai script)
• ᩈᨶᨶ᩠ᨲᨶᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສນນ຺ຕໂນ or ສະນັນຕະໂນ (Lao script)
• សនន្តនោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄚𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

sanantano

1. nominative singular masculine of sanantana (“perpetual”)
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)