Satya (Sanskrit: ; IAST: ) is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as "truth" or "essence.“ In Indian religions, it refers to a kind of virtue found across them. This virtue most commonly refers to being truthful in one's thoughts, speech and act ...

(nominative ''satyam'') is a central concept in Indian religions that loosely translates into English as "Truth". Satya, Sathya, Satyam or Sathyam may refer to:

Film and television

* ''Satyam'' (1976 film), a Tamil language film, starring Sivaji Ganesan & Jayachitra * ''Sathyam'' (1980 film), a 1980 Malayalam film starring Sreenath and Shanthi Krishna * ''Sathya'' (1988 film), a 1988 Tamil language film, starring Kamal Haasan * ''Satya'' (1998 film), a 1998 Hindi film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, initiating his ''Gangster'' film series ** ''

Satya 2 ''Satya 2'' () is a 2013 Indian crime film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film stars Puneet Singh Ratn (Hindi), Sharwanand (Telugu), Anaika Soti and Mahesh Thakur. The film tells the story ...

'', a 2013 sequel to the 1998 film, fourth in the series overall * ''Satyam'' (2003 film), a 2003 Telugu film directed by Surya Kiran, starring Sumanth and Genelia D'Souza * ''Sathyam'' (2004 film), a 2004 Malayalam film starring Prithviraj and Priyamani * ''Satyam'' (2008 film), a Tamil language film * ''Sathya'' (2010 film), an Indian Kannada romance drama film * ''Sathya'' (2017 Tamil film), an Indian Tamil crime thriller * ''Satya'' (2017 film), an Indian Bhojpuri action-romance-drama * ''Sathya'' (2017 Malayalam film), an Indian Malayalam action thriller * ''Sathya'' (Tamil TV series), a 2019 Tamil soap opera ** '' Sathya 2'', a 2021 sequel to the 2019 Tamil soap opera * ''Sathya'' (Kannada TV series), a 2020 Kannada soap opera

Religion

Nagnajiti Nagnajiti (Sanskrit: नाग्नजिती IAST: Nāgnajitī), also known as Satya (Sanskrit: सत्या IAST: Satyā), and Nappinnai (), is the fifth of the '' Ashtabharya'', the eight principal wives of the Hindu god Krishna. In ...

, a queen-consort of Hindu god Krishna *

Sacca ''Sacca'' () is a Pali word meaning "real" or "true". In early Buddhism, Buddhist literature, ''sacca'' is often found in the context of the "Four Noble Truths", a crystallization of Buddhist wisdom. In addition, ''sacca'' is one of the ten pā ...

, Theravada Pali term * Satya Mahima Dharma, religious tradition in Hinduism in India *

Satya Pir Satya Pir is a belief system found in Bengal created by the fusion of Islam and local religions. Experts maintain that the Muslim ''Satya Pir'' and the Hindu Satyanarayan essentially represent the same beliefs and rituals. A century ago in Benga ...

, belief system created by the fusion of Islam and local religions in Bengal *

Satya Yuga ''Satya Yuga'' ( ''Krita Yuga'', IAST: ''Kṛta-yuga''), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four '' yugas'' (world ages) in a '' Yuga Cycle'', preceded by '' Kali Yuga'' of the previous cycle and followed by '' Treta Yuga''. ''Satya Yug ...

, Era of Truth in Hinduism

Other

* ''Satya'' (magazine), an American animal rights magazine *

Satya Wacana Christian University Satya Wacana Christian University (), abbreviated as UKSW, is a private university located in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. The name itself is derived from Sanskrit, meaning "Faithful to the Word / Word of God". UKSW's campuses are spread a ...

, private university located in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia *

Mahindra Satyam Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited) was an Indian information technology (IT) services company based in Hyderabad, India, offering software development, system maintenance, packaged software integration and engineering ...

, a defunct Indian computer services company, formerly known as Satyam Computer Services * Satya Vaswani, also known as

Symmetra Symmetra, full name Satya Vaswani, a character who first appeared in the 2016 video game ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'', a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter, and the Overwatch, resulting franchise. Voiced by Anjal ...

, a character in the 2016 video game ''

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' (abbreviated as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'' was released in 2016 with a success ...

People

People with the surname

Habel Satya Habel Satya (born 12 September 1987 in Wamena, Papua) is an Indonesian former footballer who plays as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position pri ...

(born 1987), Indonesian footballer *

Tatineni Satya Tatineni Satya is an Indian Film director, filmmaker who has worked in the Telugu and Tamil film industry. Career Satya is the grandson of film director T. Prakash Rao, who was active from the 1940s to the 1980s in the Telugu film industry and ...

, Indian film maker

People with the given name

Satya Narayana Charka Satya Narayana Charka is a Kathak dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Among his awards is the first prize in the All-India Dance Competition. In 1981, he became the director of the East-West School of Dance in Monroe, New York. He teaches around ...

, Indian-American dancer, teacher, and choreographer *

Satya Pal Jain Satya Pal Jain is an Additional Solicitor General of India. He is a Member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Committee. He was elected Member of Parliament from Chandigarh in 1996 (11th Lok Sabha) and 1998 (12th Lok Sabha). He ...

(born 1952), Indian politician from Punjab *

Satya Krishnan Satya Krishnan is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She worked as a hotel management professional and entered the film industry with the film '' Dollar Dreams''. Mostly s ...

, Indian actress *

Satya Nadella Satya Narayana Nadella (; born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-born American business executive who is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman. B ...

(born 1967), Indian-American business executive, CEO of Microsoft *

Satya Nandan Satya N. Nandan, CF, CBE (July 10, 1936 – February 25, 2020), was a diplomat and lawyer from Fiji specializing in ocean affairs, was Chairman of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, where he served a two-year term commencing 1 ...

, Fiji diplomat and lawyer * Satyam Patel (1932–2005), Indian social worker and activist *

Satya Bhabha Satya Sorab Bhabha (born 13 December 1983) is a British actor known for his role as Matthew Patel in the 2010 film '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' and the 2023 animated series '' Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'', and for his recurring role as Shivran ...

(born 1983), British actor * Satya Prabhakar (born 1963), Indian-American entrepreneur, engineer and writer *

Satya Prakash (physicist) Satya Prakash (born 1 July 1929) is an Indian plasma physicist and a former senior professor at the Physical Research Laboratory. He is known for his studies on Langmuir probes and other contributions in space and plasma sciences. A protég� ...

(born 1929), Indian physicist *

Sathya (Tamil actor) Shahir Cethirakath, better known as Sathya, is an Indian actor, who has worked in Tamil language films. The brother of actor Arya, he first began filming for ''Kadhal 2 Kalyanam'' in 2008, though the film remains unreleased. After debuting in ...

, Indian Tamil actor *

Satya (Telugu actor) Satya Akkala is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu cinema. He won the SIIMA Award for Best Comedian – Telugu for '' Chalo'' (2018). Career Satya hails from Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh. He discontinued his B. Tech education at ...

, Indian Telugu actor *

Satyam (composer) Chellapilla Satyanarayana Sastry (1933 – 12 January 1989), known mononymously as Satyam, was an Indian music composer. He was popular in the Telugu cinema, Telugu and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries in the 1960s to 1980s. Sathyam is bes ...

(1933–1989), Indian film music composer *

Satyam Rajesh Rajesh Babu, better known as Satyam Rajesh, is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu films. He has worked in more than 350 films. Rajesh got the moniker 'Satyam' following his appearance in the 2003 film of the same name. Early lif ...

, Indian Telugu actor and comedian *

Satyam Sankaramanchi Satyam Sankaramanchi (3 March 1937 – 1987) was an Indian storyteller, born in the village of Amaravati near Guntur City, in Andhra Pradesh, India. The stories he told wove a whole new world around the tiny village of Amaravati. '' Amar ...

(1937–1987), Indian Telugu writer * Satya Sarkar, Indian cricketer *

Satya Vrat Shastri Satya Vrat Shastri (29 September 1930 – 14 November 2021) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet. He wrote three Mahakavyas, three Khandakavyas, one Prabandhakavyas and one Patrakavya and five works in critical writing i ...