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śānta

mfn. (perhaps always w.r. for śāta, q.v.) = śānita, [L.]

thin, slender, [Hariv.]; [R.] (Sch.)

śāntá mfn. (fr. √ 1. śam) appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, free from passions, undisturbed, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.

soft, pliant, [Hariv.]

gentle, mild, friendly, kind, auspicious (in augury; opp. to dīpta), [AV.] &c. &c.

abated, subsided, ceased, stopped, extinguished, averted (śāntam or dhik śāntam or śāntam pāpam, may evil or sin be averted! may God forfend! Heaven forbid! not so!), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

rendered ineffective, innoxious, harmless (said of weapons), [MBh.]; [R.]

come to an end, gone to rest, deceased, departed, dead, died out, [ib.]; [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]

purified, cleansed, [W.]

śāntá m. an ascetic whose passions are subdued, [W.]

tranquillity, contentment (as one of the Rasas q.v.)

N. of a son of Day, [MBh.]

of a son of Manu Tāmasa, [MārkP.]

of a son of Śambara, [Hariv.]

of a son of Idhma-jihva, [BhP.]

of a son of Āpa, [VP.]

of a Devaputra, [Lalit.]

śāntá n. tranquillity, peace of mind, [BhP.]

N. of a Varṣa in Jambu-dvīpa, [ib.]

N. of a Tīrtha, [W.]