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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शान्तśāntap. p.Appeased, allayed, calmed, satisfied, pacified; चचार सानुजः शान्तो वृद्धेक्ष्वाकुव्रतं युवा R. 12.2.

    [शम्-क्त]

    1. Appeased, allayed, calmed, satisfied, pacified; चचार सानुजः शान्तो वृद्धेक्ष्वाकुव्रतं युवा R. 12.2.
    2. Cured, alleviated; शान्तरोगः.
    3. Abated, subsided, put an end to, removed, extinguished; शान्त- रथक्षोभपरिश्रमम् R.1.58;5.47; शान्तार्चिषं दीपमिव प्रकाशः Ki.17.16.
    4. Ceased, stopped; शान्तमृगप्रचारम् Ku.3.42.
    5. Dead, deceased; तेषु सर्वेषु शान्तेषु गतेष्वविदितां गतिम्
    6. Stilled, hushed.
    7. Calm, quiet, undisturbed, tranquil, still; शान्तमिदमाश्रमपदम् Ś.1.16;4.19.
    8. Tamed; स्वमाश्रमं शान्तमिदमाश्रमपदम् R.14.79.
    9. Free from passions, at ease, contented; Bṛi. Up.4.4.23.
    10. Shaded.
    11. Gentle; शान्तानुकूलपवनश्च शिवश्च पन्थाः Ś.4.11;
    12. Purified.
    13. Meek, humble.
    14. Auspicious (in augury); (the phrase शान्तं पापम् which is sometimes repeated, means 'oh no!', 'how can it be', 'God forbid such an untoward or unlucky event'; Ś.5; Mu.1).
    15. Rendered ineffective, harmless (said of weapons).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -न्तः

      1. A man who has subdued his passions, an ascetic.
      2. Tranquillity, quietism, the sentiment of quietism, the predominant feeling of which is indifference to worldly objects and pleasures; see निर्वेद and रस.
    • -न्तम् Appeasing, pacifying.

    • -न्तम् Indeclinable Enough, no more, not so, for shame, hush!, god (heaven) forbid!; शान्तं कथं दुर्जनाः पौरजानपदाः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1; तामेव शान्तमथवा किमिहोत्तरेण 3.26.

    • -आत्मन्, -चेतस् Adjective calm, tranquil-minded, sedate or composed in mind.

    • -गुण Adjective deceased; नृपे शान्तगुणे जाते Rām.2.65.24.

    • -तोय Adjective having still water.

    • -रजस्

      1. Adjective
      2. dustless.
      3. passionless.
    • -रव Adjective uttering auspicious sounds.

    • -रसः the sentiment of quietism; see शान्त above.

    • -लाभ Adjective that which has ceased to bear interest.

    • -विवाद Adjective reconciled, appeased.

    In the Gita18·53

    विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥

    vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate. — Having put away egoism, violence, arrogance, desire, wrath, the sense and instinct of possession, free from all I-ness and my-ness, calm and… 18·53
    • शान्तःśāntaḥnominative singular of the masculine form of the adjective śānta (calm and luminously imPassive).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शान्तśānta[sântá] pp. v. √2. sam; m. N.: -ketas, a. composed, calm; -gvara, a. having one's grief assuaged; -tâ, f.…

    [sântá] perfect passive participle vide, see √2. sam; masculine noun: -ketas, adjective composed, calm; -gvara, adjective having one's grief assuaged; -tâ, feminine; also equal for quietism, freedom from passion; -tva, neuter the same; -manas, adjective composed.

  2. अनिशान्तaniśānta[a-ni-sânta] pp. unextinguished.

    [a-ni-sânta] perfect passive participle unextinguished.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शान्तśāntamfn. (perhaps always w.r. for 1. शात q.v.) = शानित L.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (perhaps always wrong reading for 1. शात quod vide) Equivalent to शानित Lexicographers
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective thin, slender Hariv. R. (Scholiast or Commentator)
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √1. शम्) appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, free from passions, undisturbed Up. MBh. etc.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective soft, pliant Hariv.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective gentle, mild, friendly, kind, auspicious (in augury; opp. to दीप्त) AV. etc.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective abated, subsided, ceased, stopped, extinguished, averted (शान्तम् or धिक् शान्तम् or शान्तम् पापम्, may evil or sin be averted! may God forfend! Heaven forbid! not so!) S3Br. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective rendered ineffective, innoxious, harmless (said of weapons) MBh. R.
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective come to an end, gone to rest, deceased, departed, dead, died out ibidem Ragh. Ra1jat.
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective purified, cleansed W.
    10. masculine gender an ascetic whose passions are subdued W.
    11. masculine gender tranquillity, contentment (as one of the Rasas रस s quod vide)
    12. masculine gender Name of a son of Day MBh.
    13. masculine gender of a son of Manu मनु Ta1masa तामस Ma1rkP.
    14. masculine gender of a son of S3ambara शम्बर Hariv.
    15. masculine gender of a son of Idhma-jihva इध्म-जिह्व BhP.
    16. masculine gender of a son of A1pa आप VP.
    17. masculine gender of a Devaputra देवपुत्र Lalit.
    18. masculine gender Emblica Officinalis Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender Prosopis Spicigera and another species Lexicographers
    20. masculine gender a kind of Du1rva1 दूर्वा grass Lexicographers
    21. masculine gender a particular drug (Equivalent to रेणुका) Lexicographers
    22. masculine gender Name of a daughter of Das3a-ratha दश-रथ (adopted daughter of Loma-pa1da लोम-पाद or Roma-pa1da रोम-पाद and wife of R2ishya-s3r2in3ga ऋष्य-शृङ्ग) MBh. Hariv. R.
    23. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) of a goddess who executes the orders of the 7th Arhat अर्हत् Lexicographers
    24. masculine gender of a S3akti शक्ति MW.
    25. neuter gender tranquillity, peace of mind BhP.
    26. neuter gender Name of a Varsha वर्ष in Jambu-dvi1pa जम्बु-द्वीप ibidem
    27. neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ W.
  2. 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 .

  3. अनिशान्तaniśāntamfn. unextinguished, S3is3.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unextinguished, S3is3.

  4. अनुपशान्तanupaśāntamfn. not calm
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not calm
    2. masculine gender Name of a Buddhist Buddhist mendicant.
  5. अन्तःशान्तिantaḥśāntif. inner calm, Bha1m.

    feminine inner calm, Bha1m.

  6. अभ्युपशान्तabhyupaśāntamfn. (√शम्), allayed, calmed.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√शम्), allayed, calmed.

  7. अवशान्तavaśāntamfn. (√शम्) extinguished. AitBr.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√शम्) extinguished. AitBr.