Satya

:This article is about the Sanskrit word. For other meanings see Satya (disambiguation).

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Satya is a Sanskrit word that loosely translates into English as "Truth." Satya is pronounced like Libya, with two and a half or three syllables. It is a term of power due to its purity and meaning and has become the emblem of many peaceful social movements, particularly those centered on social justice, environmentalism and vegetarianism.

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The philosophical meaning of the word 'Satya' is "unchangeable", "that which has no distortion", "that which is beyond distinctions of time, space, and person", "that which pervades the universe in all its constancy". Human life progresses through different stages -- from childhood to adolescence, from adolescence to youth, youth to old age and old age. It is through these changes that people progress in the manifest world. That is why human life or its receptacle, the body, is not Satya' or Truth.