tattva

Japanese: tattva
tattva

… [Gen Kida]
【India】
In India, there are various words to express truth, but the most representative are tattva and satya. Tattva literally means "being that," and has the nuance of the essence of things, and in the Sankhya school it is used in a way that can be translated as "principle." Satya means truth in the sense of "will definitely be realized" or "will never be wrong."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tattva" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【木田 元】
【インド】
 インドで真理・真実を表す語はさまざまであるが,その代表はタットバ,サティヤである。タットバtattvaは字義どおりには〈それであること〉を意味し,ものごとの本質というニュアンスをもち,サーンキヤ学派では〈原理〉と訳しうるような用い方をする。サティヤsatyaは〈必ずや実現される〉〈絶対に違わない〉という意味での真理・真実である。…

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