# सती (satī)

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सती (satī) is a Sanskrit word meaning being, existing, occurring, abiding in, belonging to, living, lasting, real, actual, or true. Its 39 recorded definitions are grouped into 15 contexts, among them Adjective: Being, Existing, Real, True, Good, A Virtuous Wife; The Practice of Sati, Proper Noun: Other Women Named Satī.

- **Roots:** 1. अस् (1. as), कृ (kṛ), अस् (as)
- **SLP1:** `satI`  **IAST:** satī  **Devanagari:** सती
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28Hindu_goddess%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sati/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** साति (sāti), सति (sati)

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Being, Existing, Real, True, Good (8 definitions)
- being, existing, occurring  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1134,2] सत् (sat) mf( सती (satī) )n. ( pr. p. of √ 1. अस् (as) ) being, existing, occurring, happening, being present ( सतो मे (sato me), ‘when I was present’; often connected with other participles or with an adverb, e.g. नाम्नि कृते सति (nāmni kṛte sati), ‘when the name has been given’; तथा सति (tathā sati), ‘if it be so’; also ibc., where sometimes = ‘possessed of’ cf. सत् (sat)- कल्पवृक्ष (sat-kalpavṛkṣa) ), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=229490 ]
- abiding in  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > abiding in ( loc. ), MBh. [ ID=229491 ]
- belonging to  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > belonging to ( gen. ), ŚBr. [ ID=229492 ]
- living  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > living, MuṇḍUp. [ ID=229493 ]
- lasting  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > lasting, enduring, Kāv.; RV. &c. &c. [ ID=229494 ]
- 1. Real, actual, or true. 2. Good, right, or proper. 3. Beautiful, wise, venerable, or honest.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > real, actual, as any one or anything ought to be, true, good, right ( तन् न सत् (tan na sat), ‘that is not right’), beautiful, wise, venerable, honest (often in comp. See below), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=229495 ]
- satī  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1134,2] सती (satī) a ( ई (ī) ), f., see सती (satī) below [ ID=229499 ]
- 1. Being, existing 2. Real, essential, true 3. Good, virtuous, chaste 4. Excellent, best 5. Right, proper 6. Handsome, beautiful 7. Venerable, respectable 8. Wise, learned 9. Firm, steady  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (tī) (satī) [Printed book page 749-23 ] सत् (sat) (I) a. (f. ती (tī) ) 1. Being, existing; 2. real, essential, true; 3. good, virtuous, chaste, सती (tī) (satī) मपि ज्ञातिकुलैकसंश्रयां जनोऽन्यथा भर्तृमती (tī) ं विशकते (satīmapi jñātikulaikasaṃśrayāṃ jano'nyathā bhartṛmatīṃ viśakate) Sak. v.; 4. excellent, best; 5. right, proper; 6. handsome, beautiful; 7. venerable, respectable; 8. wise, learned; 9. firm, steady. [ ID=39325.1 ]

### A Virtuous Wife; The Practice of Sati (6 definitions)
- a good, virtuous, or faithful wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a good and virtuous or faithful wife ( esp. applied in later use to the faithful w° (°) [popularly called Suttee] who burns herself with her husband's corpse, W.; compar. सती - तरा (satī-tarā), सति - त् (sati-t) ° (°) or सत् - त् (sat-t) ° (°) ), Kāv.; VarBṛS.; Kathās. &c. [ ID=229693 ]
- a wife or female animal  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a wife, female (of an animal), BhP. [ ID=229694 ]
- A virtuous woman or wife  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 1083-c ] 1 A virtuous or good woman (or wife); Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 1. 21. [ ID=29046 ]
- 1. A virtuous or faithful wife. 2. The name of Vishvamitra's wife. 3. The name of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Shiva.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 330-2 ] सती (satī) sat-ī́, f. pr. pt. (√as) being etc.; f. you (= bhavatī); good, virtuous, or faithful wife ( ord. mg. ); wife ( rare ); N. of Viśvāmitraʼs wife; N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Bhava (Śiva) : -tva, n. wifely fidelity; -vrata, n. id. : ā, f. faithful wife; -saras, n. lake of Satī. [ ID=18608 ]
- 1. A virtuous wife. 2. A female ascetic. 3. The goddess Durga.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 750-03 ] सती (satī) f. 1. A virtuous wife, सती (satī) प्रियतमा (satī priyatamā) Bhartr. ii.25; 2. female ascetic; 3. name of the goddess Durgā. [ ID=39384 ]
- 1. A virtuous or faithful wife, especially one who immolates herself on her husband's funeral pyre. 2. A female ascetic. 3. The goddess Durga or Uma, daughter of Daksha and wife of Shiva. 4. A fragrant earth called Surat earth. 5. A species of the Pratishtha metre.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 1053-b ] Satī, f. (fem. of sat ), a virtuous wife (especially applied in later use to the Suttee or faithful wife who burns herself with her husband's corpse); a female ascetic; N. of the goddess Durgā or Umā (some- times described as Truth personified or as daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Bhava [Śiva], and sometimes represented as putting an end to herself by Yoga, or at a later period destroying herself on the funeral pyre of her husband; also represented as one of the wives of Aṅgiras); N. of the mother of Nāgeśa; a fragrant earth (commonly called Surāt earth); a species of the Prati-ṣṭhā metre. —Satī-tā, f. or satī-tva, am, n. virtuousness, purity, chastity, fidelity (especially as evinced by ascending the husband's funeral pile). —Satī-deha-tyāga, as, m. ‘Satī's aban- donment of the body,’ N. of the forty-third chapter of the Gaṇeśa-khaṇḍa of the Brahma-vaivarta-Purāṇa. —Satī-putra, as, m. the son of a virtuous woman. —Satīśvara-liṅga (°tī-īś°), am, n., N. of a Liṅga. —Satī-saras, as, n., N. of a lake in Kaśmīra. [ ID=48848 ]

### Proper Noun: Other Women Named Satī (5 definitions)
- The wife of Vishvamitra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the wife of Viśvāmitra, RV. [ ID=229698 ]
- one of the wives of Angiras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of one of the wives of Aṅgiras, BhP. [ ID=229700 ]
- of various modern women  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of various women of modern times (also - देवी (-devī) ), Cat. [ ID=229701 ]
- a wife of Angiras and mother of Atharvangiras  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-508 ] Satī (II) — a wife of Angiras, and mother of Atharvan- giras; met by Citraketu. Bhā. VI. 6. 19: 17. 16. [ ID=15143 ]
- same as Sukumari  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Satī (III) — same as Sukumārī. M. 122. 31. [ ID=15144 ]

### Noun: Beings, Creatures, Good/Wise People (3 definitions)
- a being, or creatures in the plural  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सत् (sat) m. a being, ( pl. ) beings, creatures, RV. &c. [ ID=229496 ]
- a wise man or sage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a good or wise man, a sage, MBh.; R. [ ID=229497 ]
- good, honest, wise, or respectable people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > good or honest or wise or respectable people, Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=229498 ]

### Proper Noun: Goddess Satī (Wife of Śiva) (3 definitions)
- the goddess Durga or Uma  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the goddess Durgā or Umā (sometimes described as Truth personified or as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Bhava [Śiva], and sometimes represented as putting an end to herself by Yoga, or at a later period burning herself on the funeral pyre of her husband), Pur.; Kum. [ ID=229699 ]
- the goddess Durga  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 1083-c ] 3 N. of the goddess Durgā; Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 1. 21. [ ID=29046 ]
- A daughter of Daksha and wife of Shiva.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 3-507 ] Satī (I) — (Lalitā) a daughter of Dakṣa, and wife of Bhava or Śiva; 1 see Pārvatī; expressed a desire to attend her Page3-508+ 33 father's sacrifice to which Śiva was not invited. Permitted to go, she went home but was not welcomed by her father. Seeing the insult offered to her husband who was denied the share due to him, she cast off her body by yoga. Born as daughter of Mena. 2 Drank the saubhāgya which came in a blaze from Hari's chest 3 became Umā, daughter of the King of the Himālayas and married Rudra (Bhava). 4 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā III. 14. 35 Vā. 1. 70: Vi. I. 7. 25-6:] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. IV. 1. 65-66: 2. 1-3: 3. 5-25; 4 (whole): 7. 58 and 62: M. 13. 14-16: Vā. 10. 27: 30. 41-75:] [ Footnote: 3) M. 60. 10.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. 154. 60, 69: 156. 15: Vā. 9. 52. 54, 69. 45-77. 71. 2; Vi. I. 8. 12-14.] [ ID=15142 ]

### Etymology and Cross-References (2 definitions)
- Existing, real, or true  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सत् (sat) [ cf. Gk. ὥν, ἐών for ἐσων; Lat. sens in ab-sens, præ-sens; sons, ‘guilty’, orig. ‘the real doer’; Lith. są̄s, ė́sąs; Slav. sy, sąšta.] [ ID=229504.1 ]
- See page 1053, column 2  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 1054-b ] सती (satī) satī, satī-tva. See p. 1053, col. 2. [ ID=48871 ]

### Female Ascetic (2 definitions)
- a female ascetic  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a female ascetic, MW. [ ID=229695 ]
- A female ascetic  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 1083-c ] 2 A female ascetic. [ ID=29046 ]

### Fragrant Earth (2 definitions)
- a fragrant earth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a fragrant earth, L. [ ID=229696 ]
- A kind of fragrant earth.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सती (satī) [Printed book page 1083-c ] 4 A kind of fragrant earth. [ ID=29046 ]

### Noun: Entity, Existence, Essence (Metaphysical) (2 definitions)
- 1. Entity or existence. 2. The Universal Spirit, Brahma.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सत् (sat) n. that which really is, entity or existence, essence, the true being or really existent (in the Vedānta, ‘the self-existent or Universal Spirit, Brahma’), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=229500 ]
- good, advantage, reality, truth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > that which is good or real or true, good, advantage, reality, truth, ib. [ ID=229501 ]

### Adverb: Well, Rightly, Fitly (1 definition)
- well, right, fitly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सत् (sat) ind. ( cf. सत् (sat)- (sat-) √ कृ (√kṛ) &c.) well, right, fitly. [ ID=229504 ]

### Form of Address: Her Ladyship (1 definition)
- her ladyship or your ladyship  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1135,1] 1. सती (satī) f. ( fem. of सत् (sat); for 2. See p. 1138, col. 2) her ladyship, your ladyship (= भवती (bhavatī), sometimes = ‘you’), MBh. [ ID=229692 ]

### Gain, Acquisition (as Sāti) (1 definition)
- gain, acquisition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1138,2] 2. सती (satī) f. (for 1. See p. 1135, col. 1) = साति (sāti), L. [ ID=230474 ]

### Grammar: Present Participle Terminations (1 definition)
- the terminations of the present participle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in gram. ) the terminations of the present participle, Pāṇini (Author) iii, 2, 127 &c. [ ID=229503 ]

### Poetic Metre (1 definition)
- two kinds of metre  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > two kinds of metre, Col. [ ID=229697 ]

### Water (1 definition)
- water  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > water, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 12 [ ID=229502 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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