Tat-Tvam-Asi
Sanskrit: तत्त्वमसिTransliteration: Tat-Tvam-Asi (IAST)
Translation: “that thou art”
Definition: A Great Saying (Mahāvākya) which occurs in Part 6 (Chapters 8:7, 9:4, 10:3, 11:3, 12:3, 14:3, 15:3; 16:3) of the Chāndogya Upaniṣad of the Sāma Veda.
तत् – Tat – that
त्वम् – Tvam – you, thou
असि – Asi – are
References:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
- Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
