The Sanskrit term Śāntv can be transliterated into English as Santv or Shantv, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śāntv (शान्त्व्).—&c. See सान्त्व् (sāntv) &c.

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Sāntv (सान्त्व्).—1 U. (sāntvayati-te) To pacify, appease, conciliate, soothe, comfort; ताः सान्त्वयन्ती भरतप्रतीक्षा तं बन्धुता न्यक्षिपदाशु तैले (tāḥ sāntvayantī bharatapratīkṣā taṃ bandhutā nyakṣipadāśu taile) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.23.

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

Śāntv (शान्त्व्).—[śāntva] r. 10th cl. (śāntvayati) To console, to comfort.

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Ṣāntv (षान्त्व्).—r. 10th cl. (sāntvayati-te) To console, to comfort; also sāntv .

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Sāntv (सान्त्व्).—r. 10th. cl. (sāntvayati-te) 1. To appease, to conciliate. 2. To comfort; also ṣāntv.

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

Śāntv (शान्त्व्).—and (worse, although very frequent), sāntv SĀNtv, i. 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from the next), [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also [Ātmanepada.], Mahābhārata 2, 2428), 1. To pacify, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 172 (with s). 2. To comfort, to console, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 146, 3 (with s); Mahābhārata 4, 436 (with s). 3. To address mildly, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 79 (with s); Chr. 38, 7 (with ś). 4. To conciliate, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 38, 5 (with s).

— With the prep. abhi abhi, To comfort, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 32, 39 (with ś).

— With upa upa, To comfort, Mahābhārata 3, 14330 (with s).

— With pari pari, To console, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 23, 42 (with ś).

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Sāntv (सान्त्व्).—and sāntva sāntva see śāntv, śāntva.

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

1) Śāntv (शान्त्व्):—etc. See √sāntv.

2) Sāntv (सान्त्व्):—(also written śāntv q.v.) [class] 10. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 33]; rather [Nominal verb] [from] sāntva below) sāntvayati, te ([present participle] once in [Mahābhārata] [viii, 243] sāntvamāna and once [vi, 4910] sāntvayāna; [Aorist] asasāntvat [grammar]; [indeclinable participle] sāntvayitvā, [Mahābhārata]; sāntvayya, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Passive voice] sāntvyate, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]),

2) —to console, comfort, soothe, conciliate, address kindly or gently, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]

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

Ṣāntv (षान्त्व्):—(ka) sāntvayati 10. a. To console.

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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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Starts with: Santva, Shantvati, Shantvay.

Ends with: Abhisantv, Upasantv.

Full-text (+2): Abhisantva, Santvana, Upasantv, Parisantv, Parisantvana, Santva, Santvita, Abhisantvita, Parisantvita, Santvapurvam, Santvatas, Santvada, Santvayitri, Santvayat, Santvavada, Santvaniya, Santvapurva, Santvaya, Abhishantvayat, Abhisantv.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 1.90.6 < [Sukta 90]

Rig Veda 1.39.2 < [Sukta 39]

Rig Veda 1.21.5 < [Sukta 21]

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Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā (by Sarasvati Thkura)

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