# शांता (śāṃtā)

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शांता (śāṃtā) is a Sanskrit word meaning calm, pacified, or appeased, undisturbed and at ease, ceased, stopped, or extinguished, purified, auspicious.

- **SLP1:** `SAMtA`  **IAST:** śāṃtā  **Devanagari:** शांता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanta
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shanta/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शांत (śāṃta), शान्ता (śāntā), शान्त (śānta), शन्त (śanta)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- The daughter of Dasharatha, adopted by the sage Lomapada and married to Rishyashringa.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शांता (śāṃtā) [Printed book page 1040-a ] शांता (śāṃtā) N. of the daughter of Daśaratha, adopted by the sage Lomapāda and subsequently married by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; see Uttararāmacarita 1. 4. and ऋष्यश्टंग (ṛṣyaśṭaṃga) also. [ ID=27812 ]
- 1. Calm, pacified, or appeased. 2. Undisturbed and at ease. 3. Ceased, stopped, or extinguished. 4. Purified. 5. Auspicious.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शांत (śāṃta) ा (śāṃtā) [Printed book page 714-24 ] शांत (śāṃta) (I) a. (f. ता (tā) ) 1. Appeased, allayed, calm, pacified, R. xii.20; 2. undisturbed, at ease; 3. put an end to, annihilated, deceased, subsided, extinguished, ज्वरज्वाला शांत (śāṃta) ा (śāṃtā) तदपि न वराकी विरमति (jvarajvālā śāṃtā tadapi na varākī viramati) Bhartr. i.95, शांत (śāṃta) ा (śāṃtā) र्चिषं दीपमिव प्रकाशः (śāṃtārciṣaṃ dīpamiva prakāśaḥ) Kir. xvii.16; 4. ceased, stopped, K.S. iii.42; 5. purified; 6. auspicious (in augury). [ ID=37467.1 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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