As a deity name
Name 172 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 903 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 911 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 234 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
शान्त · śānt · part.
(f. -ā), Appeased, allayed, calmed, alleviated, pacified, hushed, calm, tranquil, free from passions, contented, undisturbed; meek, humbled; put a stop to, put an end to, destroyed, killed; deceased, dead — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 719
शान्त · śānt · s.f.
= شانتي śānti, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 719
शांत
quiet, unspeaking; calm, relaxed; peaceful
शांत
keep quiet, shush; shut up
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- Sanskrit शम् (śam) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás Sanskrit -त (-ta) Sanskrit शान्त (śāntá)lbor. Hindi शांत Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शान्त (śāntá), from शम् (śam) + -त (-ta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, free from passions, undisturbed, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śānta" is the vocative of "śāntā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. śānta mfn. (perhaps always w.r. for 1. śāta, q.v.) = śānita, L.
thin, slender, Hariv.; R. (Sch.)
2. śānta mfn. (fr. √ 1. śam) appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, free from passions, undisturbed, Up.; MBh. &c.
soft, pliant, Hariv.
gentle, mild, friendly, kind, auspicious (in augury; opp. to dīpta), AV. &c. &c.
śāntā (ā), f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt.
Emblica Officinalis, L.
Alternative readings
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