As a deity name
Name 430 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages 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
quiet, unspeaking (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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