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Etymology
Compound of तत् (tát, “that”) + त्वम् (tvám, “you”) + असि (ási, “are”).
Pronunciation
Phrase
तत्त्वमसि • (tattvamási)
- Tat Tvam Asi
c. 900 CE – 1000,
Avadhūta Gītā 1.25:
- तत्त्वमस्यादिवाक्येन स्वात्मा हि प्रतिपादितः।
नेति नेति श्रुतिर्ब्रूयादनृतं पाञ्चभौतिकम्॥- tattvamasyādivākyena svātmā hi pratipāditaḥ.
neti neti śrutirbrūyādanṛtaṃ pāñcabhautikam. - By such sentences as "That thou art," our own Self is affirmed. Of that which is untrue and composed of the five elements - the Shruti (scripture) says, "Not this, not this."