# शन्तनु (śantanu)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shantanu

शन्तनु (śantanu) is a Sanskrit word meaning the younger brother of Devapi, a commentator.

- **SLP1:** `Santanu`  **IAST:** śantanu  **Devanagari:** शन्तनु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantanu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shantanu/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शांतनु (śāṃtanu), शान्तनु (śāntanu), शंतनु (śaṃtanu)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- See sham-tanu and shantama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1051,3] शन्तनु (śantanu), शन्तम (śantama) &c. See शं - तनु (śaṃ-tanu), शंतम (śaṃtama), p. 1054, col. 3. [ ID=212538 ]
- 1. The younger brother of Devapi. 2. A commentator.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > शन्तनु (śantanu) [Printed book page 0991-c ] शन्तनु (śantanu) śantanu, us, m., N. of the younger brother of Devāpi (said to have usurped the sovereignty whilst his elder brother became a hermit); N. of a commentator; [cf. śāntanavī. ] [ ID=46094 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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