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The corpus record — Sanskrit

śāntim

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.

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Where it lives

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. śānti

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.

2. śānti

any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity, Br. &c. ( cf. RTL. 346 )

3. śānti

Tranquillity &c. personified (as a daughter of Śraddhā , as the wife of Atharvan , as the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma ), Hariv. ; Prab. ; Pur.

In the wild

6 of 44 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. santi (vol. 3, scan p. 660; entry #8341).

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