Hari Om, Hearing the words 'sant' and 'saint', and understanding them to be synonyms, I wondered which one came first. Looking up 'saint' at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/saint, I didn't find anything pre-Greek mentioned about saint having any Indo-European roots other than at "sak".
Are their phonemic and meaning similarities solely a coincidence? What are your factual insights? Perhaps anyone fitting the description of saint or sant would have these as part of their credo: "*I will help all beings in every way I can promptly without ulterior motive.*" "*I will not inflict pain or misfortune on anyone through my thoughts, words or deeds -- by commission or omission.*" *If you meet anyone on the path of life who asks you to commit to such pledges, yet is the living contradiction of them in thought, word and deed consistently, assuredly they are indeed a menace to society, not to mention a fake.*
