Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 474 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 668 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
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
peace, welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss, &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śāntaye" is the dative of "śānti" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śānti f. tranquillity, peace, quiet, peace or calmness of mind, absence of passion, averting of pain (śānti! śānti! śānti! may the three kinds of pain be averted!), indifference to objects of pleasure or pain, KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c.
alleviation (of evil or pain), cessation, abatement, extinction (of fire &c.), AV. &c. &c.
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