# सन्त् (sant)

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सन्त् (sant) is a Sanskrit word meaning existing, present, happening, living, or lasting, real, genuine, true, honest, or good, a virtuous wife, existence, reality, or anything good and useful, being, existing, being or existing.

- **Root:** 1. अस् (1. as)
- **SLP1:** `sant`  **IAST:** sant  **Devanagari:** सन्त्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_%28religion%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sant/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- being, existing  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्त् (sant) [Printed book page 1002-a ] सन्त् (sant) sant, see 1. as. [ ID=15465 ]
- 1. Existing, present, happening, living, or lasting. 2. Real, genuine, true, honest, or good. 3. A virtuous wife. 4. Existence, reality, or anything good and useful.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्त् (sant) [Printed book page 584 ] सन्त् (sant) f. सती (satī) existing, being (often otiose), present, happening; belonging to ( gen. ); living, lasting; real, genuine, true, honest, good. m. pl. the living or the good, wise, noble etc. f. सती (satī) a virtuous wife, female i.g., also = भवती (bhavatī) your honour, you; N. of Viśvāmitra's wife etc. — n. सत् (sat) the being or existent, existence, the real world, anything good or useful. As adv. well, fitly; सत् (sat) कृ (satkṛ) v. s. v. [ ID=34727 ]
- 1. Being or existing. 2. Real, genuine, true, or good. 3. Good, noble, or excellent people. 4. A true, good, and virtuous wife. 5. The existent or existence.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > सन्त् (sant) [Printed book page 266-a ] sánt, —1. ppl. being; otiose, 24 16, see √1as; existing; —2. a. real, genuine; true, good; —3. of people, good, noble, excellent, 19 8, 20, 28 11; —4. satī́, f. a true, good, virtuous wife ( hence AngloIndian Suttee); —5. n. the existent; existence; —6. sat-kṛ, make good, treat well, receive kindly. Page266-b+ 50 [present ppl. of √1as, ‘be,’ q. v. : cf. ἐών, stem ἐοντ, ‘being’; Lat. absens, stem ab-sent, ‘being off’; sons, stem sont, ‘the real doer,’ ‘the guilty one’; Danish sand, AS. sōð, ‘true,’ Eng. sooth, ‘true, truth’: for mg 2, cf. the mg of satya, of τὸν ἐόντα λόγον, ‘the true story,’ and of Eng. sooth. ] [ ID=4404 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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