सत्यवचन

Compound of सत्य (satya, “true, honest; truth”) +‎ वचन (vacana, “speaking, statement”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐt.jɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐt̪ˈjɐ.ʋɐ.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

सत्यवचन • (satyavacana) stem, n

1. speaking truth
2. promise, word, solemn assurance
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.23:

     स सत्यवचनाद् राजा धर्मपाशेन संयतः ।
     विवासयामास सुतं रामं दशरथः प्रियम् ॥

     sa satyavacanād rājā dharmapāśena saṃyataḥ.
     vivāsayāmāsa sutaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ priyam.

     King Daśaratha, restrained by the bond of duty, sent away his dear son Rāma due to the promise.

• Monier Williams (1899) “सत्यवचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1136.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “satyavacana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सत्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1614