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| Satyagraha |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Sa·tya·gra·ha |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -tyä gr-h, s ty-gr h |
| NOUN: | The policy of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi as a means of pressing for political reform. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Sanskrit saty graha : satyam, truth (from sat-, sant-, existing, true; see es- in Appendix I) + graha, determination, insistence ( -, to + graha, act of seizing, from g h ti, he seizes; see ghrebh-1 in Appendix I).
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