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शांता (zAMtA)

 
Apte 1890
English
शांता N. of the daughter of Daśaratha, adopted by the sage Lomapāda and subsequently married by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
see U. 1. 4. and ऋष्यश्टंग also.
L R Vaidya
English
SAMta {% (I) a. (f. ता) %} 1. Appeased, allayed, calm, pacified, R.xii.20
2. undisturbed, at ease
3. put an end to, annihilated, deceased, subsided, extinguished, ज्वरज्वाला शांता तदपि वराकी विरमति Bhartr.i.95, शांतार्चिषं दीपमिव प्रकाशः Kir.xvii.16
4. ceased, stopped, K.S.iii.42
5. purified
6. auspicious (in augury).
SAMta {% (II) m. %} 1. An ascetic whose passions are subdued
2. the sentiment of quietism or indifference to all worldly objects (in rhetoric). See under निर्वेद.(शांतम् is used as an indeclinable in the sense of ‘heaven forbid, ‘for shame, ‘no more, enough, तामेव शांतमथवा किमिहोत्तरेण Ut.iii.)