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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शान्तिśāntif.Pacification, allayment, alleviation, removal; अध्वरविघातशान्तये R.11.1,62.
[शम्-क्तिन्]
1. Pacification, allayment, alleviation, removal; अध्वरविघातशान्तये R.11.1,62.
2. Calmness, tranquillity, quiet, ease, rest, repose; स्मर संस्मृत्य न शान्तिरस्ति मे Ku.4.17; शान्तिः कुतस्तस्य भुजङ्गशत्रोः Māl.6.1; यत् किंचिद् वस्तु संप्राप्य स्वल्पं वा यदि वा वहु । या तुष्टि- र्जायते चित्ते सा शान्तिः कथ्यते बुधैः ॥ Padma Parasmaipada
3. Cessation of hostility; सर्पस्य शान्तिः कुटिलस्य मैत्री विधातृसृष्टौ न हि दृष्टपूर्वा Bv.1.125.
4. Cessation, stop.
5. Absence of passion, quietism, complete indifference to all worldly enjoyments; तदुपहितकुटुम्बः शांन्तिमार्गोत्सुकोऽभूत् R.7.71.
6. Consolation, solace.
7. Settlement of differences, reconciliation.
8. Satisfaction of hunger.
9. An expiatory rite, a propitiatory rite for averting evil; शान्तयश्चापि वर्धन्तां यथाकल्पं यथाविधि Rām.1.8.16.
10. Good fortune, felicity, auspiciousness.
11. Exculpation or absolution from blame.
12. Preservation.
13. Name of Durgā.
14. Destruction, end, death.
Derived forms and compounds
- -उदम्, -उदकम्, -जलम् soothing or propitiatory water; अहमपि वैतानिकं शान्त्युदकमस्यै गौतमीहस्ते विसर्जयिष्यामि Ś.3.
- -कर, -कारिन् Adjective soothing, pacifying.
- -कर्मन् any action of averting evil.
- -गृहम् a room for rest or retirement.
- -मार्गः the life peaceful and leading to मोक्ष; तदुपहितकुटुम्बः शान्तिमार्गोत्सुकोऽभूत् R.7.71.
- -वाचनम् reciting of a text for averting evil.
- -सलिलम् propitiatory water.
- -होमः a sacrifice or burnt offering to avert or remove an evil; सावित्राञ्छान्तिहोमांश्च कुर्यात् पर्वसु नित्यशः Ms. 4.15.
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न चाभावयतः शान्तिरशान्तस्य कुतः सुखम् ॥

na cābhāvayataḥ śāntiraśāntasya kutaḥ sukham. — For one who is not in Yoga, there is no intelligence, no concentration of thought; for him without concentration there is no peace, and for the… 2·66
- शान्तिःśāntiḥnominative singular of the feminine noun śānti (peace).
- शान्तिम्śāntimaccusative singular of the feminine noun śānti (peace).
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शान्तिśānti[sấn-ti] f. [√2. sam] mental tran quillity, peace of mind; extinction (of fire); abatement, alleviation…

[sấn-ti] feminine; also equal for [√2. sam] mental tran quillity, peace of mind; extinction (of fire); abatement, alleviation, cessation, removal; propitiatory rite for averting evil (rare); peace, good fortune, prosperity; destruction (rare); eternal rest, decease, death (rare).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शान्तिśāntif. tranquillity, peace, quiet, peace or calmness of mind, absence of passion, averting of pain (शान्ति !…
1. feminine tranquillity, peace, quiet, peace or calmness of mind, absence of passion, averting of pain (शान्ति ! शान्ति ! शान्ति ! may the three kinds of pain be averted!), indifference to objects of pleasure or pain Kat2hUp. MBh. etc.
2. feminine alleviation (of evil or pain), cessation, abatement, extinction (of fire etc.) AV. etc.
3. feminine a pause, breach, interruption Hcat.
4. feminine any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity Breton etc. (confer, compare RTL. 346)
5. feminine peace, welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss MBh. R. etc.
6. feminine destruction, end, eternal rest, death Ka1v. Katha1s. BhP.
7. feminine Equivalent to शान्ति-कल्प BhP.
8. feminine Tranquillity etc. personified (as a daughter of S3raddha1 श्रद्धा, as the wife of Atharvan अथर्वन्, as the daughter of Daksha दक्ष and wife of Dharma धर्म) Hariv. Prab. Pur.
9. masculine gender Name of a son of Indra इन्द्र MBh.
10. masculine gender of Indra इन्द्र in the tenth Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर Pur.
11. masculine gender of a Tushita तुषित (son of Vishn2u विष्णु and Dakshin2a1 दक्षिणा) ibidem
12. masculine gender of a son of Kr2ishn2a कृष्ण and Ka1lindi1 कालिन्दी ibidem
13. masculine gender of a R2ishi ऋषि MBh.
14. masculine gender of a son of An3giras अङ्गिरस् ibidem
15. masculine gender of a disciple of Bhu1ti भूति Ma1rkP.
16. masculine gender of a son of Ni1la नील and father of Su-s3a1nti सु-शान्ति VP.
17. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) of an Arhat अर्हत् and Cakra-vartin चक्र-वर्तिन् Lexicographers
18. masculine gender of a teacher (also called रत्ना*कर-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Buddh.
19. (in compound)
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अद्भुतशान्तिadbhutaśāntim. or f. N. of the sixty-seventh Paris3isht2a परिशिष्ट of the Atharva अथर्व veda वेद .

masculine gender or feminine Name of the sixty-seventh Paris3isht2a परिशिष्ट of the Atharva अथर्व veda वेद .

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अन्तःशान्तिantaḥśāntif. inner calm, Bha1m.

feminine inner calm, Bha1m.

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अशान्तिaśāntif. restlessness, anxiety L.
1. feminine restlessness, anxiety Lexicographers
2. feminine non-cessation Sus3r.
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अशान्तिकरaśāntikaramfn. causing mischief. BhP.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective causing mischief. BhP.

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उत्तरशान्तिuttaraśāntif. final consecration S3a1n3khGr2. vi, 2, 7.

feminine final consecration S3a1n3khGr2. vi, 2, 7.

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उदकशान्तिudakaśāntif. sprinkling consecrated water (over a sick person) to allay fever

feminine sprinkling consecrated water (over a sick person) to allay fever

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उदकशान्तिप्रयोगudakaśāntiprayogam. N. of wk.

masculine gender Name of work

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