(also written śāntv, q.v.) cl. 10. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxxii, 33]; rather Nom. fr. sāntva below) sāntvayati, °te (pr. p. once in [MBh.] [[viii, 243]] sāntvamāna and once [[vi, 4910]] sāntvayāna; aor. asasāntvat Gr.; ind.p. sāntvayitvā, [MBh.]; sāntvayya, [BhP.] : Pass. sāntvyate, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]), to console, comfort, soothe, conciliate, address kindly or gently, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.