devanagari

satyam a-mithyatvat
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  N.n.     neg.      N.n.
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satya-, n.: truth,

a-mithyatva-, n.: "non-wrongness" (neg. abs. of mithya-, adv.: wrongly),

It is a truth - because it could not be wrong.

    This statement sounds more like a devout wish than a logical argument. But of course, wrongness here means to miss the fact of emptiness, to take things for what they appear to be. In this sense, the statement is true.
    The sentence could be also read: it is true, because it does not run against the basic principals of Buddhist teaching, as they were laid down by the Buddha.

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