See also the Maltese surname Alfred Sant and the two districts in Mongolia: Sant, Övörkhangai and Sant, Selenge. Sant's a term that's used in India, derived from the Sanskrit sat. Its root comes from the Sanskrit particle of the verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". It differs from the false cognate "Saint" by which it's often translated. Sant can refer to: the bhakti poets of the Marathi and Hindi speaking areas, some of which a lineage to the Nath yogis and who've been… (More on Sant)