सान्त्व् [ sāntv ] [ sāntv ] Root ( also written [ śāntv ] q.v.) cl. [10] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxxii , 33 ; rather Nom. fr. [ sāntva ] below) [ sāntvayati ] , [ °te ] ( pr. p. once in Lit. MBh. ( Lit. viii , 243 ) [ sāntvamāna ] and once ( Lit. vi , 4910 ) [ sāntvayāna ] ; aor. [ asasāntvat ] Gr. ; ind.p. [ sāntvayitvā ] Lit. MBh. ; [ sāntvayya ] Lit. BhP. : Pass. [ sāntvyate ] Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.) , to console , comfort , soothe , conciliate , address kindly or gently Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.