Sacca (adj.) [cp. Sk. satya] real, true D i.182; M ii.169; iii.207; Dh 408; nt. saccaŋ truly, verily, certainly Miln 120; saccaŋ kira is it really true? D i.113; Vin i.45, 60; J i.107; saccato truly S iii.112. -- (nt. as noun) saccaŋ the truth A ii.25, 115 (parama˚); Dh 393; also: a solemn asseveration Mhvs 25, 18. Sacce patiṭṭhāya keeping to fact, M i.376. -- pl. (cattāri) saccāni the (four) truths M ii.199; A ii.41, 176; Sn 883 sq.; Dhs 358. -- The 4 ariya -- saccāni are the truth about dukkha, dukkhasamudaya, dukkha -- nirodha, and dukkha -- nirodha -- gāminipaṭipadā. Thus e. g. at Vin i.230; D ii.304 sq.; iii.277; A i.175 sq.; Vism 494 sq.; VbhA 116 sq., 141 sq. A shortened statement as dukkha, samudaya, nirodha, magga is freq. found, e. g. Vin i.16; see under dukkha B. 1. -- See also ariyasacca & asacca. -- iminā saccena in consequence of this truth, i. e. if this be true J i.294.

-- avhaya deserving his name, Cp. of the Buddha Sn 1133, cp. Nd2 624. -- âdhitthāna determined on truth M iii.245; D iii.229. -- ânupaṭṭi realization of truth M ii.173 sq. -- ânubodha awakening to truth M ii.171 sq. -- ânurakkhaṇa warding of truth, M ii.176. -- âbhinivesa inclination to dogmatize, one of the kāya -- ganthas S v.59; Dhs 1139; DhsA 377. -- âbhisamaya comprehension of the truth Sn 758; Th 1, 338; ThA 239. -- kāra ratification, pledge, payment in advance as guarantee J i.121. -- kiriyā a solemn declaration, a declaration on oath J i.214, 294; iv.31, 142; v.94; Miln 120; Mhvs 18, 39 (see trsln p. 125 on term). -- ñāṇa knowledge of the truth Vism 510; DhA iv.152. -- nāma doing justice to one's name, bearing a true name, Ep. of the Buddha A iii.346; iv.285, 289; PvA 231. -- nikkhama truthful Sn 542. -- paṭivedha penetration of the truth Ps ii.57. -- vanka a certain kind of fish J v.405 (the Copenhagen MS. has [sa]sacca -- vanka, which has been given by Fausböll as sata -- vanka). -- vacana (1) veracity M i.403; Dh i.160; (2)=saccakiriyā KhA 169, 180. -- vajja truthfulness D i.53; S iv.349; J iv.320. -- vācā id. A ii.228; iii.244; J i.201. -- vādin truthful, speaking the truth D i.4; iii.170; A ii.209; iv.249, 389; S i.66; Sn 59; Dh 217; Miln 120; Nd2 623; DhA iii.288. -- vivaṭṭa revelation of truth Ps i.11. -- sandha truthful, reliable D i.4; iii.170; A ii.209; iv.249; DA i.73. -- sammatā popular truth, maxim S iv.230.