As a deity name
Name 7 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 934 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 188 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 239 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
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
(in music) a partic. Śruti
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śāntā" is the feminine form of "śānta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śāntā (ā), f. (in music) a partic. Śruti, Saṃgīt.
Emblica Officinalis, L.
Prosopis Spicigera and another species, L.
a kind of Dūrvā grass, L.
a partic. drug (= reṇukā), L.
1. śānta mfn. (perhaps always w.r. for 1. śāta, q.v.) = śānita, L.
thin, slender, Hariv.; R. (Sch.)
Alternative readings
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