Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 141 of 1000: शान्ता · Śāntā
The Tranquil
Artha
What the name means
She has come to rest, every disturbance in her long since spent.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ शान्तायै नमः
oṃ śāntāyai namaḥ
om shantayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, śāntā, as part of Shloka 44. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
A single word rather than a compound.
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 44Names 134–143
निर्लेपा निर्मला नित्या निराकारा निराकुला ।
निर्गुणा निष्कला शान्ता निष्कामा निरुपप्लवा ॥ ४४ ॥
nirlepā nirmalā nityā nirākārā nirākulā
nirguṇā niṣkalā śāntā niṣkāmā nirupaplavā
Study the whole shloka: Ten things taken away
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- shantaom shantayai namah
- ITRANS
- shAntAOM shAntAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- zAntAOM zAntAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- శాన్తాఓం శాన్తాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಶಾನ್ತಾಓಂ ಶಾನ್ತಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ശാന്താഓം ശാന്തായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஶாந்தாஓம் ஶாந்தாயை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- શાન્તાૐ શાન્તાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- শান্তাওঁ শান্তায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଶାନ୍ତାଓଁ ଶାନ୍ତାୟୈ ନମଃ