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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन):—Consoling.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन) refers to “petting (one’s hawk)” (during the training period), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “[...] Thus gradually by touching it with the hand, by rousing it with soft words, by giving it water and meat at regular intervals, by petting (sāntvana) it, by protecting it from heat and cold, and by degrees opening the eyes, it should be tamed carefully. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāntvana (सांत्वन).—n (S) sāntvanā f S Appeasing, composing, calming, tranquilizing, soothing: also comforting or consoling; abating the excitement of anger, grief, apprehension, or anxiety. 2 Appeased or composed state.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sāntvana (सांत्वन).—n-nā f Appeasing, consoling. Consoled state.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन) or Sāntvanā (सान्त्वना).—[sāntv ac lyuṭ vā]

1) Appeasing, pacification, consolation.

2) Consiliation, mild or gentle means; Kau. A.2.1; सान्त्वं हि नाम दुर्विनीतानामौषधम् (sāntvaṃ hi nāma durvinītānāmauṣadham) Pañcharātram 1; बबन्ध सन्त्वेन फलेन चैतान् (babandha santvena phalena caitān) Bu. Ch.2.42; चतुर्थोपायसाध्ये तु रिपौ सान्त्वमपक्रिया (caturthopāyasādhye tu ripau sāntvamapakriyā) Śiśupālavadha 2.54; न संरम्भेण सिध्यन्ति सर्वेऽर्थाः सान्त्वया यथा (na saṃrambheṇa sidhyanti sarve'rthāḥ sāntvayā yathā) Bhāgavata 8. 6.24; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.27.

3) Kind or conciliatory words; सान्त्वं बभाषे न च नार्थवद् यत् (sāntvaṃ babhāṣe na ca nārthavad yat) Bu. Ch.2.38.

4) Mildness.

5) Friendly salutation and inquiry.

Derivable forms: sāntvanam (सान्त्वनम्).

See also (synonyms): sāntva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन).—n.

(-naṃ) Conciliation, reconcilement. nf.

(-naṃ-nā) 1. Friendly or affectionate salutation and enquiry. 2. Speaking in a kindly and conciliatory manner. E. sāntv to console, &c., aff. lyuṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन).—[sāntv + ana], I. n. 1. Conciliation, reconcilement. 2. Appeasing, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 345 (at the end of a comp. adj.). Ii. n., and f. nā. 1. Speaking kindly and in a conciliatory manner. 2. Mildness, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 185, 21 (n.); kind or deceiving words, [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 1 (n. pl.). 3. Friendly salutation and enquiry.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन).—[neuter] nā [feminine] appeasing by kind words.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sāntvana (सान्त्वन):—[from sāntv] n. (sg. and [plural]) the act of appeasing or reconciling, soothing with kind words, consolation or conciliation of ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

2) Sāntvanā (सान्त्वना):—[from sāntv] f. the act of appeasing or reconciling, soothing with kind words, consolation or conciliation of ([genitive case] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sāntvana (सान्त्वन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Idem. 1. f. n. Kind or comforting address or speech.

[Sanskrit to German]

Santvana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Santvana in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) consolation,.—santvana (सांत्वना) is alternatively transliterated as Sāṃtvanā.

2) Santvana in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) consolation, solace; —[dena] to console, to soothe..—santvana (सांत्वना) is alternatively transliterated as Sāṃtvanā.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sāṃtvana (ಸಾಂತ್ವನ):—

1) [noun] a making feel less sad or disappointed; an easing of grief; solace; consolation.

2) [noun] consoling speech.

3) [noun] the state of being consoled; a state of ease and quiet; comfort.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sāntvanā (सान्त्वना):—n. 1. sympathy; pacification; consolation; solace; 2. kind or conciliatory words;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Starts with: Samtvanaguttu, Samtvanavacana, Santvana-dinu, Santvana-puraskara.

Ends with: Abhisantvana, Parisantvana, Upashantvana.

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