Meaning of सद्गतिः

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

I`m aware the word सद्गतिः is used as a phrase to wish someone deceased goes to liberation. Can this phrase be used to mean a `good or happy state` in general.

I ask because I`ve come across the word in a shloka.

Thanks,

Harry Spier

[Mohan Chettoor]

Shabda Sagara

सद्गति
f. (-तिः)
१. Felicity or fortune.
२. Good conduct.
E. सत्, गति going.

Capeller Eng

सद्गति f. good condition or the path of the good.

Yates

सद्गति (तिः) २.
f. Virtue; prosperity.

Wilson

सद्गति
f. (-तिः)
१ Felicity or fortune.
२ Good conduct.

Monier Williams Cologne

सद्—गति a f. good or happy state or fortune, MBh.; R.; BhP. &c.

the way of good men, Kāv.

 

Macdonell

सद्गति
sad-gati, f. good position, happy lot;
way of good men;
-guṇa, m. good quality, virtue;
a. virtuous;
-guru, m. good teacher;
-dharma, m. good law, true justice;
Buddhist and Jain designation of their doctrine: -puṇḍarīka, n. Lotus of the Good Law, T. of a Buddhist work;
-bhāva, m. real being, existence;
real state of things, truth;
true purport (of a work);
uprightness;
good nature, kindness, affection, for (prati);
faithfulness: -śrī, f. N. of a goddess;
-bhūta, pp. true;
-bhṛtya, m. good servant.

 

Sadgati (सद्गति) refers to “polished manners”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.10.—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] Returning to His mountain, Śiva in his excitement caused by his separation from his beloved, remembered Satī, who was dearer to Him than his very life. [...] Abandoning the polished manners of a householder [i.e., gārhasthya-sadgati], He cast off his dress and roamed about all the worlds, clever in divine sports that He was. Not seeing her anywhere, the pangs of his separation from Satī increasing, Śiva, the benefactor of His devotees, returned to His mountain and entered into trance for the destruction of misery. Thereupon He saw His imperishable real form. [...]”.

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sadgati (सद्गति).—f (S Good passage or ultimate condition.) Happy state or allotment as attained by a creature in the birth or stage of existence succeeding to any particular other birth; i. e. emancipation or absorption; a seat in any of the paradises or heavens; birth again on earth in a high or holy caste or tribe; birth under conjunctions &c. conferring honor, riches, talents, success.

Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sadgati (सद्गति).—f. (-sadgatiḥ) 1 a good or happy state, felicity, beatitude.

2) The way of good men.

Derivable forms: sadgatiḥ (सद्गतिः).

Sadgati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sat and gati (गति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadgati (सद्गति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Felicity or fortune. 2. Good conduct. E. sat, gati going.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadgati (सद्गति).—[feminine] good condition or the path of the good.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sadgati (सद्गति):—[=sad-gati] [from sad > sat] a f. good or happy state or fortune, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] the way of good men, [Kāvya literature]

3) [=sad-gati] b etc. See p. 1137, col. 2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sadgati (सद्गति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. Virtue; prosperity.

 

-Mohan Chettoor

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[Harry Spier]

Thank you Mohan

Harry Spier

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[I Made Darmayasa]

namaste,

 Although the meaning is also for the good and happy, but in Sanskrit tradition, the meaning is moksha. Not only happy but final liberation, the final destination of the atma.

regards,

Darmayasa

Stop doing bad, never stop doing good. This should be the blood of all. (Darmayasa)

Berhentilah berbuat yang tidak baik, tetapi jangan pernah berhenti berbuat kebaikan. Ini hendaknya menjadi darah daging bagi semua.

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[Harry Spier]

Thank you sir,

You wrote:

but in Sanskrit tradition, the meaning is moksha. Not only happy but final liberation, the final destination of the atma.

Thats what I wanted verified.

Regards,

Harry 

[Manish Modi]

The term sadgati is used to denote moksha (liberation) or at least a good rebirth that takes the soul closer to liberation. It is not used to denote a good current life. 

M

[Nagaraj Paturi]

The most well known meaning of the word is 1. good after life of the sukshma s'areera (whether aatman has a gati or not is variously viewed in different schools of Vedanta):

1. moksha, 2. svarga 3. good rebirth .

But गतिः has meanings of, recourse (from destination of going), gait (way of going),  luck (way available for going) etc. So सत्‌ गतिः has a potential to be used in the senses of, good recourse, good way of travelling/moving,  good luck etc., 

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 5:44 AM Manish Modi <manis...@gmail.com> wrote:

The term sadgati is used to denote moksha (liberation) or at least a good rebirth that takes the soul closer to liberation. It is not used to denote a good current life. 

M

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