# सन्तोष (santoṣa)

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सन्तोष (santoṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning content personified as a son of Dharma and Tushti, the thumb and forefinger, joy, pleasure, and satisfaction, joy or happiness.

- **Etymology:** E. सम् intensitive prefix, तुष to be pleased, aff. घञ् — E. sam intensitive prefix, tuṣa to be pleased, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `santoza`  **IAST:** santoṣa  **Devanagari:** सन्तोष
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santosha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/santosha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** संतोषा (saṃtoṣā), संतोष (saṃtoṣa), सुसंतोष (susaṃtoṣa)

## Meanings by context

### Dual meaning: Positive emotion and Thumb/Fore-finger (4 definitions)
- 1. Joy, pleasure, and satisfaction. 2. The thumb and forefinger.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्तोष (santoṣa) [Printed book page 888 ] सन्तोष (santoṣa) m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1 Joy, pleasure, delight, satisfaction, happiness. 2 Thumb and forefinger. E. सम् (sam) intensitive prefix, तुष (tuṣa) to be pleased, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=40275 ]
- 1. Joy or happiness. 2. The thumb and forefinger.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्तोष (santoṣa) [Printed book page 809-a ] स - न्तोष (sa-ntoṣa) ( षः ) ((ṣaḥ)) 1. m. Joy, happiness; thumb and forefinger. [ ID=39975 ]
- 1. Joy, pleasure, and satisfaction. 2. The thumb and forefinger.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सन्तोष (santoṣa) [Printed book page 756-b ] सन्तोष (santoṣa) m. ( - षः (-ṣaḥ) ) 1. Joy, pleasure, delight, satisfaction, happiness. 2. Thumb and fore-finger. E. सम् (sam) intensitive prefix, तुष् (tuṣ) to be pleased, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=42270 ]
- 1. Satisfaction, contentedness, happiness, delight, joy, or pleasure 2. Content personified as a son of Dharma and Tushti 3. The thumb and forefinger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सन्तोष (santoṣa) [Printed book page 1058-a ] San-toṣa, as, m. satisfaction, contentedness, ( san- toṣaṃ kṛ, to be satisfied or contented); happiness, delight, joy, pleasure; Content (personified as a son of Dharma and Tuṣṭi); the thumb and fore-finger; ( ā ), f. a proper N. —Santoṣa-vat, ān, atī, at, contented, joyful, pleased. [ ID=49094 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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