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, 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, belief system created by the fusion of Islam and local religions in Bengal * Satya Yuga, Era of Truth in Hinduism

Other

* ''Satya'' (magazine), an American animal rights magazine * Satya Wacana Christian University, private university located in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia * Mahindra Satyam, a defunct Indian computer services company, formerly known as Satyam Computer Services * Satya Vaswani, also known as Symmetra, a character in the 2016 video game '' Overwatch''

People

People with the surname

* Habel Satya (born 1987), Indonesian footballer * Tatineni Satya, Indian film maker

People with the given name

* Satya Narayana Charka, Indian-American dancer, teacher, and choreographer * Satya Pal Jain (born 1952), Indian politician from Punjab * Satya Krishnan, 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, Fiji diplomat and lawyer * Satyam Patel (1932–2005), Indian social worker and activist * Satya Bhabha (born 1983), British actor * Satya Prabhakar (born 1963), Indian-American entrepreneur, engineer and writer * Satya Prakash (physicist) (born 1929), Indian physicist * Sathya (Tamil actor), Indian Tamil actor * Satya (Telugu actor), 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 ...