Skip to main content

sattva

/ˈsʌtvə/noun

sattva is spelled S-A-T-T-V-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sattva means “One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are pure, divine, and spiritual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in sattva?

Letters6: S-A-T-T-V-A
In writingabout once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is sattva?

Sattva appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce sattva?

  • /ˈsʌtvə/
  • /ˈsætvə/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sattva mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are pure, divine, and spiritual.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does sattva come from?

From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattvá).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What to look up after sattva