Santva, Sāntva, Sāntvā, Shantva, Samtva: 8 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śantva (शन्त्व):—(wie eben) n. das Wohlthätigsein [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 1, 6, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 3, 8.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 36, 3.]

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Santva (सन्त्व):—n. nom. abstr. von sam [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 9, 8.] dagegen ist śantvāya zu lesen [3, 3, 10, 2.]

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Sāntva (सान्त्व):—n. sg. und pl. gute —, beschwichtigende Worte (das zuerst empfohlene Mittel um einen Widerspänstigen zu gewinnen; vgl. 3. sāman) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 19. 2, 8, 1, 21.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 266.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 541.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 29.] [Halāyudha 1, 141. 4, 95.] [Mahābhārata 3, 14509.] sāntvameva tu bāleṣu pradhānaṃ prathamo nayaḥ [Harivaṃśa 4220.] [Spr. (II) 116. 2229.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 62.] mānārthadānaiḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 1925.] sāntvena praśamayya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 391.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2337. 5566.] [Spr. (II) 6370.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 123. 22, 185.] vyāja [62, 104.] sāntvatas [75, 168.] kapaṭa [62, 116.] bahubhiḥ sāntvaiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 31, 6. 35, 33. 3, 62, 33. 6, 31, 17.] guṇāḥ sāntvasya [Mahābhārata 13, 5882.] sāntvaṃ vadanti [6643.] ityuktvā bahu sāntvādi [14, 2296.] vādaiḥ [Spr. (II) 2696.] tasmātsāntvaṃ sadā vācyam [Spr. (II) 2519.] mahatsāntvamavartayat, sāntve pratihate [Mahābhārata 4, 671.] mahatsāntvaṃ prayujya [690. 12, 3191.] tvayi [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 6, 25.] [Spr. (II) 6999.] kāni sāntvāni govindaḥ sūtaputre prayuktavān [Mahābhārata 5, 4727.] sāntvaṃ dattvā [2, 2132.] daḥ sarvabhūtānām [13, 2946.] vākyaṃ pūrvam [1, 6008.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 93, 8.] pūrvam adv. [Mahābhārata 5, 7298.] sāntvayā instr. fem. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 6, 24.] als adj. könnte das Wort gefasst werden in der Stelle: sāntvaṃ vacanamabravīt [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 111, 39]; vgl. jedoch sāma prayuñjīta priyaṃ vacaḥ [KĀM. NĪTIS. 17, 15.] Wird hier und da auch śāntva (aber nicht in den Bomb. Ausgg.) geschrieben. Wohl verwandt mit 3. sāman; vielleicht aber auch ursprünglich = śantva . Vgl. abhiśāntva (richtiger abhisāntva d. i. abhi + sāntva; vgl. sāntvay mit abhi).

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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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