# समत्व (samatva)

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समत्व (samatva) is a Sanskrit word meaning equality, equanimity, uniform conduct towards, equableness, normal condition, identity. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Balanced State and Conduct, Sameness (Equality/Identity).

- **SLP1:** `samatva`  **IAST:** samatva  **Devanagari:** समत्व
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samatva
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/samatva/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** सामत्व (sāmatva)

## Meanings by context

### Balanced State and Conduct (3 definitions)
- equanimity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > equanimity, HYog. [ ID=233080 ]
- uniform conduct towards  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > uniform conduct towards ( loc. or comp. ), Bhag.; BhP. [ ID=233081 ]
- equableness, normal condition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > equableness, normal condition, Suśr. [ ID=233082 ]

### Sameness (Equality/Identity) (2 definitions)
- equality  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1152,2] सम (sama) — त्व (—tva) n. equality with ( instr. or gen. ), KātyŚr.; VS.; Prāt.; VarBṛ. &c. [ ID=233079 ]
- 1. Equality. 2. Identity.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > समत्व (samatva) [Printed book page 1009-a ] समत्व (samatva) sama + tva, n. 1. Equality, Bhag, 2, 48. 2. Identity, Pañc. i. d. 468. [ ID=15571 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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