शान्ति [ śānti ] [ śā́nti ] f. tranquillity , peace , quiet , peace or calmness of mind , absence of passion , averting of pain ( [ śānti ] ! [ śānti ] ! [ śānti ] ! may the three kinds of pain be averted!) , indifference to objects of pleasure or pain Lit. KaṭhUp. Lit. MBh.

  alleviation (of evil or pain) , cessation , abatement , extinction (of fire ) Lit. AV.

  a pause , breach , interruption Lit. Hcat.

  any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity Lit. Br. ( cf. Lit. RTL. 346)

  peace , welfare , prosperity , good fortune , ease , comfort , happiness , bliss Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  destruction , end , eternal rest , death Lit. Kāv. Lit. Kathās. Lit. BhP.

  = [ śānti-kalpa ] Lit. BhP.

  Tranquillity personified (as a daughter of Śraddhā , as the wife of Atharvan , as the daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Prab. Lit. Pur.

  [ śānti ] m. N. of a son of Indra Lit. MBh.

  of Indra in the tenth Manv-antara Lit. Pur.

  of a Tushita (son of Vishṇu and Dakshiṇā) Lit. ib.

  of a son of Kṛishṇa and Kālindī Lit. ib.

  of a Ṛishi Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Aṅgiras Lit. ib.

  of a disciple of Bhūti Lit. MārkP.

  of a son of Nīla and father of Su-śānti Lit. VP.

  (with Jainas) of an Arhat and Cakra-vartin Lit. L.

  of a teacher ( also called [ ratnākara-ś ] ) Lit. Buddh.