# शान्त
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃɑːnt̪/, [ʃä̃ːn̪t̪]

### Adjective

शान्त • (śānt) (indeclinable)
* alternative spelling of शांत (śānt)

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शान्त (śānta). Related to शान्ति (śānti).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sän̪t̪ʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: सान्त

### Adjective

शान्त • (śānta)
* quiet, calm, peaceful

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “शान्त”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 573

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শান্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬵᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* শান্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ၐာန္တ (Burmese script)
* શાન્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਾਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦴꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಾನ್ತ (Kannada script)
* ឝាន្ត (Khmer script)
* ຨານ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* ശാന്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᢗᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଶାନ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢵꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* ශාන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚭𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஶாந்த (Tamil script)
* శాన్త (Telugu script)
* ศานฺต (Thai script)
* ཤཱ་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root शम् (śam) +‎ -त (-ta).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɑːn.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɑːn̪.t̪ɐ/

### Verb

शान्त • (śāntá)
* past participle of शाम्यति (śāmyati)

### Adjective

शान्त • (śāntá) stem
* abated, subsided, ceased, stopped, extinguished, averted
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.27:प्रशान्तमनसं ह्येनं योगिनं सुखमुत्तमम् । उपैति शान्तरजसं ब्रह्मभूतमकल्मषम् ॥praśāntamanasaṃ hyenaṃ yoginaṃ sukhamuttamam. upaiti śāntarajasaṃ brahmabhūtamakalmaṣam.The Yogi whose mind is indifferent attains the best happiness. He realizes his qualitative identity with the Supreme, passionless [lit. with passion ceased] and stainless.
* appeased, pacified, tranquil, calm, peaceful
** c. 800 BCE – 300 BCE, Early Upaniṣads
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.15.29:अग्‍न्यादिभिर्न हन्येत मुनेर्योगमयं वपुः । मद्योगशान्तचित्तस्य यादसामुदकं यथा ॥ag‍nyādibhirna hanyeta muneryogamayaṃ vapuḥ. madyogaśāntacittasya yādasāmudakaṃ yathā.Just as the bodies of aquatics cannot be injured by water, the body of a muni whose consciousness is calm by union with me cannot be injured by fire, etc.
* gentle, mild, friendly, kind, auspicious
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.8.49.2:दर्शनीयतमं शान्तं मनोनयनवर्धनम् ॥darśanīyatamaṃ śāntaṃ manonayanavardhanam. […] to him, the most beautiful, auspicious, and pleasing to the mind and eyes.
* come to an end; finished; deceased, died out, dead
** c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.21.37:तस्मिन् सुधन्वन्नहनि भगवान् यत्समादिशत् । उपायादाश्रमपदं मुनेः शान्तव्रतस्य तत् ॥tasmin sudhanvannahani bhagavān yatsamādiśat. upāyādāśramapadaṃ muneḥ śāntavratasya tat.O Vidura, they reached the hermitage of the sage, who was finished with his vows of austerity on the very day foretold by the Lord.

#### Related terms

* शम (śama)
* शमन (śamana)
* शान्ति (śānti)

#### Descendants

* Pali: santa
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀢 (saṃta)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शान्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1064, column 2.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śānta”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “शान्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1544
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शान्त”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 311
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śāntá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 718