寂

寂靜

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 KaṭhUp. MBh. &c

• alleviation (of evil or pain), cessation, abatement, extinction (of fire &c.) AV. &c. &c

• a pause, breach, interruption Hcat.

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

• peace, welfare, prosperity, good fortune, ease, comfort, happiness, bliss MBh. R. &c

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

• = śānti-kalpa BhP.

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

• m. N. of a son of Indra MBh.

• of Indra in the tenth Manv-antara Pur.

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

• of a son of Kṛishṇa and Kālindī ib.

• of a Ṛishi MBh.

• of a son of Aṅgiras ib.

• of a disciple of Bhūti MārkP.

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

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

• of a teacher (also called ratnâkara-ś○) Buddh.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William