Satyameva Jayate (, ) is a part of a ''

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'' from the

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scripture '' Mundaka Upanishad''. Following the

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, it was adopted as the

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of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a

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. It is inscribed in the

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script at the base of the

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and forms an integral part of the Indian national emblem. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all

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and national documents.

Origin

The origin of the

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is the

3.1.6 from the '' Mundaka Upanishad''. The

is as follows: ;In Devanāgarī script

सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामाम्म् यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम्म् ॥

;Transliteration

''satyameva jayate nānṛtaṃ'' ''satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ'' ''yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā'' ''yatra tat satyasyaa paramaṃ nidhānaam''

;In English:

Truth Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth 2005 In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs ...
alone triumphs; not
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. Through truth the divine path is spread out by which the sages whose desires have been completely fulfilled, reach to where is that supreme treasure of Truth.

Popular connotations

Popular connotations also include: * 'Truth stands Invincible' * 'Truth alone conquers, not falsehood' * 'The true prevails, not the untrue' * 'Veritas Vincit', a direct Latin translation. * 'Truth alone conquers, not untruth' * 'Truth Alone Triumphs, not (na) that against Sacred law (

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) * Vaymaiye Vellum (

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: வாய்மையே வெல்லும்) The slogan was popularized and brought into the national lexicon by

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in 1918 when serving his second of four terms as president of the

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Popular connotations

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