sat-chit-ananda
सच्चिदानन्द sat-chit-ananda'Being-consciousness-bliss'; a later Vedantic formula describing the nature of Brahman.
Explained in depth in Sat-Chit-Ananda: Being, Consciousness, BlissWhere this term appears
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