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
Name 144 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 584 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
शान्ति · śānti · s.f.
Quiet, quietness, tranquillity, calmness, peace, ease, comfort, rest, repose, remission; absence of passion, indifference to objects of pleasure or pain, stoicism; pacification, alleviation; consolation, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 719
शांति · feminine
peace, tranquility, quiet, ease
शान्ति · feminine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शान्ति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
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.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
peace, welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss, &c.
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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.
a pause, breach, interruption, Hcat.
any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity, Br. &c. (cf. RTL. 346)
peace, welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss, MBh.; R. &c.
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