तत्त्व n. (
-त्त्वं)
1. Essential nature, the real nature of the human soul, considered as one and the same with the divine spirit animating the universe: the philosophical etymology of this word best explains its meaning,
तद् that, that divine being, and
त्व thou, that very God art thou.
2. The Supreme being, or BRAMHA. 3. Truth, reality, substance, opposed to what is illusory or fallacious.
4. An element or elementary property, differently enumerated in different system from the three which are the same with the three Gunas, to twenty-seven, which in- clude the elements, organs, faculties, matter, spirit, life, and God. 5. A first principle, an axiom.
6. Mind, intellect.
7. Slow time in music.
8. A musical instrument.
E. As above, or
तद् that, then &c. affix
त्व; the word is properly, therefore, written
तत्त्व, but in books one
त is commonly rejected.