See also the Maltese surname Alfred Sant and the two districts in Mongolia: Sant, Övörkhangai and Sant, Selenge. Sant is 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. Schomer, Karine, The Sant Tradition in Perspective, in Sant Mat:Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India in Schomer K. and McLeod W.… (More on Sant)