Shantiparvan, Śāntiparvan: 4 definitions
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Shantiparvan means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Śāntiparvan can be transliterated into English as Santiparvan or Shantiparvan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚāntiparvan (शान्तिपर्वन्).—An important Parva of the Mahābhārata (See under Mahābhārata).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚāntiparvan (शान्तिपर्वन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—(an odd and unintelligible designation). Rgb. 133.
Śāntiparvan has the following synonyms: Nītivacanasaṃgraha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāntiparvan (शान्तिपर्वन्):—[=śānti-parvan] [from śānti > śānta] n. ‘Tranquillizing-section’, Name of the 12th book of the Mahā-bhārata (the longest in the whole poem and consisting chiefly of stories, discourses and episodes narrated for the tranquillizing of the troubled spirit of Yudhi-ṣṭhira after the termination of the war and the slaughter of his relatives).
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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.
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Partial matches: Parvan, Shanti.
Full-text (+1): Shukotpatti, Shukanushasana, Nitivacanasamgraha, Mahapurushastavaraja, Naranarayaniya, Ayushyopakhyana, Bhishmastavaraja, Trinashashthi, Vishnoranusmriti, Apratighatita, Mahapurushastava, Agastyagita, Gajendramoksha, Nihshreni, Gajendramokshana, Narayanastotra, Rashtriya, Vishnustavaraja, Sandhivigrahika, Kshatriya.
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