Why this word is great
SATTVA — [Noun] One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing purity, divinity, and spiritual essence. From Sanskrit सत्त्व (sattvá, "being, essence, truth"), derived from सत् (sat, "being, existing"), cognate with Old English soð ("true"). Unlike "rajas" (which churns with the fever of ambition) or "tamas" (which drags like a weight through mud), sattva is the quiet hum of clarity. It is the still surface of a lake at dawn, the crisp white of fresh linen drying in sunlight, or the first note of a flute in an empty temple—a reminder that some truths exist beyond the noise, luminous and unchanging.