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शन्तनु: (zantanu:)

 
Capeller Eng
English
शं॑तनु
a.
 beneficial to the body or person (abstr.
शंतनुत्व॑)
m.
N.
 of an ancient king etc.
Apte
English
शन्तनुः [śantanuḥ],
N.
 of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Chītrāṅgada and Vichitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless
cf.
 भीष्म.
Apte 1890
English
शंतनुः N. of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī
by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless
cf. भीष्म.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शन्तनु, शन्तम
&c.
 See शं-तनु, शं॑तम,
p.
 1054, col. 3.
शं॑—तनु (शं॑-),
mfn.
 wholesome for the body or the person (-त्व॑
n.
 ),
TS.
शं॑—तनु
m.
 (also written शांतनु)
N.
 of an ancient king with the patr. Kauravya (he was fourteenth descendant of Kuru, son of Pratīpa and younger brother of Devāpi, and usurped the sovereignty whilst the latter became a hermit
he married Gaṅgā and Satya-vatī
by the former he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya
cf.
IW.
 375),
RV.
MBh.
Hariv.
&c.
(with चक्र-वर्तिन्)
N.
 of an author (son of Uddharaṇa, of the Tomara race),
Cat.
Monier Williams 1872
English
शन्तनु शन्तनु, उस्, 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. शान्तनवी।]
Macdonell
English
शंतनु śáṃ-tanu,
a.
 wholesome for the body
🞄m. N. (RV., Br., C.): -tanūja,
m.
 son of 🞄Śaṃtanu, pat. of Bhīṣma.
Chandas
Sanskrit
सम-वृत्तम्,
अक्षराणि-
 28,
पादेऽक्षराणि-
 7
मात्राः - 10
सङ्ख्याजातिः - उष्णिक्
मात्रा-विन्यासः
दा द द दा दा द द
लक्षण-मूलम् - आनन्दमिश्र-जालक्षेत्रम्
Apte Hindi
Hindi
शन्तनु:
पुं*
 - शं मंगलात्मका तनुर्यस्य ब* स*
एक चन्द्रबंशी राजा
पुराणम्
English
शन्तनु / ŚANTANU (śāntanu). King śantanu, on a par with the devas, was a great physician (mahābhiṣak).
शान्तनु / ŚĀNTANU (śantanu). Son of King pratīpa of the lunar dynasty.(i) For previous life and birth as śantanu see under bhīṣma, para II.(ii) Married life. (See under bhīṣma, Paras 2, 3).3) Other information. (i) He was the second son of pratīpa. His elder brother was called devāpi, younger one bālhīka and his mother sunandā. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 61
Chapter 95, Verse 45).(ii) He was called śantanu as things touched by both his hands used to become youthful.(iii) śantanu became King as his elder brother devāpi had, as an infant, renounced the throne and left for the forest. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 62
Chapter 95, Verse 45).(iv) It was he, who brought to the palace and brought up kṛpa and kṛpī, who were found in the forest as orphans. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 46).(v) śantanu worships yama in his court. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 25).(vi) He attained heaven by doing tapas on Mount Ārcika. (Vana Parva, Chapter 125, Verse 19).(vii) He is one of the Kings to be remembered both at dawn and dusk. (anuśāsana parva, Chapter 165, Verse 58).(viii) He was absolutely wedded to truth and he possessed great prowess. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 1).(ix) He conducted thousand aśvamedhas and hundred rājasūyas. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 2).(x) Synonyms used of him in the mahābhārata:-bharata, Bhāratagoptā, Bharatasattama, kauravya, Kurusattama, Prātīpa etc.
Vedic Reference
English
Śaṃ-tanu is the hero of a tale told by Yāska, ^1 and often
found later.^2 He supersedes his elder brother Devāpi as king
of the Kurus. When his improper deed brings on a prolonged
drought in his realm, he is compelled to ask his brother to
assume the kingship
Devāpi, however, refuses, but instead
performs a sacrifice which produces rain. Sieg^3 endeavours to
trace this story in the Rigveda, ^4 but all that is there stated is
that Devāpi Ārṣṭiṣeṇa obtained (no doubt as priest) rain for
Śaṃtanu (no doubt a king). There is no hint of relationship
at all.
1) Nirukta, ii. 10.
2) Bṛhaddevatā, vii. 155 et seq., with
Macdonell's notes
Sieg, Die Sagenstoffe
des Ṛgveda, 129 et seq.
3) Loc. cit.
4) x. 98.
Capeller
German
शंतनु der Person heilsam (Abstr.
°त्व॑
n.
 )
m.
 N. eines alten Königs.
Grassman
German
śáṃ-tanu, m., Eigenname eines Mannes (ursprünglich „der Person heilsam“).
-ave {924, 1}. _{924, 3}. _{924, 7}.
Stchoupak
French
शंतनु-
v. 3 शम्-।