The Sanskrit term Śamāntaka can be transliterated into English as Samantaka or Shamantaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śamāntaka (शमान्तक).—the god of love (a destroyer of mental tranquillity).

Derivable forms: śamāntakaḥ (शमान्तकः).

Śamāntaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śama and antaka (अन्तक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Sāmantaka (सामन्तक).—adj. and subst. (unrecorded anywhere; compare pari-sā°; Sanskrit and Pali sāmanta plus -ka), (1) adj., neighboring, near: °kehi pi me gocaragrāmehi Mahāvastu ii.131.4 (prose); °kaḥ pratiśatrurājā Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 71.10 (and ff.); teṣu caṅkrameṣu °keṣu Kāraṇḍavvūha 66.8; °kam, sc. dhyānam, Mahāvyutpatti 1485, (recueillement) liminaire, of which there are 8, one for each principal (maula) dhyāna and ārūpya, Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. viii.178 f.; (2) adj. or subst. nt. (?), (something) connected with, lit. bordering on (in composition; compare Majjhimanikāya (Pali) i.95.28 kodhano hoti, kodha-sāmantaṃ vācaṃ nicchāretā): (yat tvaṃ…prajñāpāramitā-pratisaṃyuktaṃ padaṃ vā) pada-°kaṃ vā nāśayer…Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 461.1, if you should let get lost either a word, or something connected with a word (i.e. a part of it, a letter or letters?) belonging to the P.p. (if it meant something [physically] near a word I cannot imagine what could be meant, except another word); bheda-sāmantakāḥ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.108.4, spreaders of dissension; (3) nt., vicinity: (tasyāḥ sarvaḥ kāyo dagdhaḥ) sthā- payitvā kukṣi-°kaṃ Divyāvadāna 270.4, her whole body was burnt, except the vicinity of her womb; loc. °ke, in the vicinity (of), near (with prec. gen. or in composition), rājño °ke Mahāvastu ii.447.13, near the king; maṇiratnasya °ke Lalitavistara 17.3; Gṛdhra- kūṭaparvata-°ke Avadāna-śataka i.274.9; also instr. °kena, in composition, grīva-°kena mukha-°kena ca Gaṇḍavyūha 400.26—401.1, in the vicinity of the throat and mounth; Bhadraṃkara-°kena Divyāvadāna 127.3—4, round about Bh.; Vaiśālī-°kena Divyāvadāna 211.21, near V.; with gen., tadāsya (sc. ajagarasya) yojanaṃ °kena (for a league round about him) lālāsya spharitvā tiṣṭhati Divyāvadāna 106.3; also in absolute use as adv., °kena śabdo visṛtaḥ Divyāvadāna 34.18; 70.4; 84.24, the word spread abroad in the vicinity; in composition, yojanasahasra-°kena (vācaṃ niścārayati) 121.20, for 1000 leagues round about; others, meaning near by, round about, or in the vicinity, Divyāvadāna 300.18; 464.2; 583.2; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.36.11; (4) nt. (once m.) cir- cumference: especially in adv. forms, acc. śama-°kam, q.v., a cubit in circumference; instr. °kena, pañcahastapramāṇaṃ [Page592-a+ 71] °kena Kāraṇḍavvūha 74.11; (purāṇa-)niṣīdana-saṃstara-°kāt [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 497.4, from all sides (Chin. à chacun des quatre coins) of the old rug (he must take pieces to put on the new one); uncertain is (vraṇa-)°kaḥ (m.!) Mahāvyutpatti 9330, Chin. (1) scab (of a wound), (2) rim or circumference (of a wound); Tibetan cited as rmaḥi thaṅ (thoṅ) ḥkhor (kor), compare thoṅ khor, dense, thick; density ([Tibetan-English Dictionary]), perhaps thick part = scab as in Chin. (1); but for (śama-)sāmantakam Mahāvyutpatti 9185 (above) Tibetan gaṅ khor, circumference; should this be adopted instead of thaṅ ḥkhor (kor)? It would correspond to Chin. (2).

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

Śamāntaka (शमान्तक).—m.

(-kaḥ) The deity Kama or love, (personified.) E. śama mental or devotional tranquillity, antaka destroyer.

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

Śamāntaka (शमान्तक):—[from śama > śam] m. ‘destroyer of tranquillity’, Name of Kāma-deva (god of love), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śamāntaka (शमान्तक):—[śamā+ntaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The deity Kāma.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shamantaka in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sama, Antaka, Cama.

Starts with: Shamantakastotra.

Full-text: Parisamantaka, Shamantakastotra, Shamasamantakam, Anasaravamarga, Lokottaramarga, Sama.

Relevant text

Search found 4 books and stories containing Shamantaka, Śamāntaka, Shama-antaka, Śama-antaka, Sama-antaka, Samantaka, Sāmantaka, Samāntaka; (plurals include: Shamantakas, Śamāntakas, antakas, Samantakas, Sāmantakas, Samāntakas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

1. Pure path (anāsrava-mārga) and Impure path (sāsrava-mārga) < [Part 4 - Questions relating to the dhyānas]

The formless absorptions (ārūpyasamāpatti) according to the Abhidharma < [Class 4: The four formless absorptions]

V. Nature, object and distribution of the Nine Notions < [Part 1 - The nine notions according to the Abhidharma]

+ 2 more chapters / show preview

Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)

Chapter VIII - The Absorptions

Chapter VI - The Path and the Saints

Chapter V - The Latent Defilements

+ 1 more chapters / show preview

Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)

Story of Kāma

show preview

The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 26 - Kurukṣetra, Pāriplava, Śalvikinī, Koṭitīrtha etc. < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]

show preview