meanings of "tattva"
n.{a-stem}
[sometimes written as tatvam]
1.true state or condition;
2.truth;
3.true or essential nature;
4.the real nature of the human soul or the material world as being identical with the Supreme Spirit pervading the universe;
5.a true or first principle;
6.an element;
7.the mind;
8.sum and substance;
9.slow time in music;
10.an element or elementary property;
11.the Supreme Being;
12.a kind of dance;
13.the three qualities or constituents of every thing in nature;
14.the body
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