शान्त

See also: शान्ति

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːnt̪/, [ʃä̃ːn̪t̪]

Adjective

शान्त • (śānt) (indeclinable)

1. alternative spelling of शांत (śānt)

Nepali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂-

Sanskrit शम् (śam)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit शान्त (śāntá)lbor.

Nepali शान्त (śānta)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शान्त (śāntá), from शम् (śam) + -त (-ta). Related to शान्ति (śānti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sän̪t̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सान्त

Adjective

शान्त • (śānta)

1. 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

FWOTD – 21 September 2025

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂-

Sanskrit शम् (śam)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit शान्त (śānta)

From शम् (śam) + -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːn.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːn̪.t̪ɐ/

Verb

शान्त • (śāntá)

1. past participle of शम् (śam)

Adjective

शान्त • (śāntá) stem

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. rendered ineffective, innoxious, harmless (of weapons)
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa
4. 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.

5. 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.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शान्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शान्तः (śāntáḥ)	शान्तौ (śāntáu) शान्ता¹ (śāntā́¹)	शान्ताः (śāntā́ḥ) शान्तासः¹ (śāntā́saḥ¹)
accusative	शान्तम् (śāntám)	शान्तौ (śāntáu) शान्ता¹ (śāntā́¹)	शान्तान् (śāntā́n)
instrumental	शान्तेन (śānténa)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तैः (śāntáiḥ) शान्तेभिः¹ (śāntébhiḥ¹)
dative	शान्ताय (śāntā́ya)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तेभ्यः (śāntébhyaḥ)
ablative	शान्तात् (śāntā́t)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तेभ्यः (śāntébhyaḥ)
genitive	शान्तस्य (śāntásya)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तानाम् (śāntā́nām)
locative	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तेषु (śāntéṣu)
vocative	शान्त (śā́nta)	शान्तौ (śā́ntau) शान्ता¹ (śā́ntā¹)	शान्ताः (śā́ntāḥ) शान्तासः¹ (śā́ntāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of शान्ता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शान्ता (śāntā́)	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्ताः (śāntā́ḥ)
accusative	शान्ताम् (śāntā́m)	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्ताः (śāntā́ḥ)
instrumental	शान्तया (śāntáyā) शान्ता¹ (śāntā́¹)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्ताभिः (śāntā́bhiḥ)
dative	शान्तायै (śāntā́yai)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्ताभ्यः (śāntā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	शान्तायाः (śāntā́yāḥ) शान्तायै² (śāntā́yai²)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्ताभ्यः (śāntā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	शान्तायाः (śāntā́yāḥ) शान्तायै² (śāntā́yai²)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तानाम् (śāntā́nām)
locative	शान्तायाम् (śāntā́yām)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तासु (śāntā́su)
vocative	शान्ते (śā́nte)	शान्ते (śā́nte)	शान्ताः (śā́ntāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of शान्त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शान्तम् (śāntám)	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्तानि (śāntā́ni) शान्ता¹ (śāntā́¹)
accusative	शान्तम् (śāntám)	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्तानि (śāntā́ni) शान्ता¹ (śāntā́¹)
instrumental	शान्तेन (śānténa)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तैः (śāntáiḥ) शान्तेभिः¹ (śāntébhiḥ¹)
dative	शान्ताय (śāntā́ya)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तेभ्यः (śāntébhyaḥ)
ablative	शान्तात् (śāntā́t)	शान्ताभ्याम् (śāntā́bhyām)	शान्तेभ्यः (śāntébhyaḥ)
genitive	शान्तस्य (śāntásya)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तानाम् (śāntā́nām)
locative	शान्ते (śānté)	शान्तयोः (śāntáyoḥ)	शान्तेषु (śāntéṣu)
vocative	शान्त (śā́nta)	शान्ते (śā́nte)	शान्तानि (śā́ntāni) शान्ता¹ (śā́ntā¹)

• ¹Vedic

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 (2010–2025), “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