(Sometimes written as tatvaṃ) 1 True state or condition, fact; vayaṃ tattvānveṣānmadhukara hatāstvaṃ khalu kṛtī Ś. 1. 24.

2 Truth, reality; na tu māmābhijānaṃti tattvenātaścyavaṃti te Bg. 9. 24.

3 True or essential nature; saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tatvamicchā- mi vedituṃ Bg. 18. 1, 3. 28; Ms. 1. 3, 3. 96, 5. 42.

4 The real nature of the human soul or the material world as being identical with the Supreme Spirit...