Shantanu, Santanu, S膩ntanu, 艢腻苍迟补苍耻, 艢anta峁塽: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 艢腻苍迟补苍耻 and 艢anta峁塽 can be transliterated into English as Santanu or Shantanu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�):鈥擮ne of the three sons of Prat墨pa (son of Dil墨pa, who was the son of 峁歬峁, who was the son of Dev膩tithi). He became the king after his brother, named Dev膩pi, went to the forest. He was known as Mah膩bhi峁 in a previous birth. 艢腻苍迟补苍耻 had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth simply by touching that person with his hands. He and his wife, named Ga峁単膩, had a son named Bh墨峁a. (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.22.12)
Through the womb of Satyavat墨 (the daughter of Uparicharavasu and a fisherwoman known as Matsyagarbh膩), 艢腻苍迟补苍耻 begot a son named Citr膩峁単ada. (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.22.20)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) 艢补苍迟补苍耻 (啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ).鈥�(艢膧NTANU). King 艢补苍迟补苍耻, on a par with the Devas, was a great physician (Mah膩bhi峁k).
2) 艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�).鈥�(艢ANTANU). Son of King Prat墨pa of the lunar dynasty.
2) (i) For previous life and birth as 艢补苍迟补苍耻 see under Bh墨峁a, Para II.
2) (ii) Married life. (See under Bh墨峁a, Paras 2, 3). Other information.
2) (i) He was the second son of Prat墨pa. His elder brother was called Dev膩pi, younger one B膩lh墨ka and his mother Sunand膩. (膧di Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 61; Chapter 95, Verse 45).
2) (ii) He was called 艢补苍迟补苍耻 as things touched by both his hands used to become youthful.
2) (iii) 艢补苍迟补苍耻 became King as his elder brother Dev膩pi had, as an infant, renounced the throne and left for the forest. (膧di Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 62; Chapter 95, Verse 45).
2) (iv) It was he, who brought to the palace and brought up K峁沺a and K峁沺墨, who were found in the forest as orphans. (膧di Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 46).
2) (v) 艢补苍迟补苍耻 worships Yama in his court. (Sabh膩 Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 25).
2) (vi) He attained heaven by doing tapas on Mount 膧rcika. (Vana Parva, Chapter 125, Verse 19).
2) (vii) He is one of the Kings to be remembered both at dawn and dusk. (Anu艣膩sana Parva, Chapter 165, Verse 58).
2) (viii) He was absolutely wedded to truth and he possessed great prowess. (膧di Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 1).
2) (ix) He conducted thousand a艣vamedhas and hundred r膩jas奴yas. (膧di Parva, Chapter 96, Verse 2).
2) (x) Synonyms used of him in the Mah膩bh膩rata:鈥擝harata, Bh膩ratagopt膩, Bharatasattama, Kauravya, Kurusattama, Pr膩t墨pa etc.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: ISKCON Press: Glossary艢补苍迟补苍耻 (啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ).鈥擳he father of Bh墨峁a by Ga峁単膩. He gave Bh墨峁a the benediction that he could die only when he wanted to. It was said that anything he touched with his two hands would become youthful.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�) figures as a male character in the Bh墨峁acarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补 (鈥榚pic poem鈥�) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.鈥斉毮宀猿俨共猿� was the king of Hastin膩pura. He was the youngest son of King Prat墨pa of Hastin膩pura and had been born in the latter鈥檚 old age. He was bright like Indra and his physique was sturdy. He was valorous and famous in all over India because of his good qualities. All the citizens loved him and respected him.
艢腻苍迟补苍耻 was wise, kind and just. During his kingship, the kingdom of Kuru prospered around Hastin膩pura. In his justified and valourous ruling, no one was unhappy nor anyone was harassed; no one was poor nor was unemployed; and no one was terrorised. Business and commerce, peace and prosperity, art and literature flourished all around. People both inside the palace and out side were happy. High standard of education, both secular and spiritual, was maintained through the system of Gurukula (膧艣谤补尘补). Hard work, honesty and sincerity made these students better citizens. The teachers were well versed in all aspects of arts and science related with politics, statesmanship, warfare and economics. Yoga and meditation were routinely included in the curricula. No one was illiterate nor was a beggar; no one was thief nor was a fraud; no one was hopeless nor was a murderer.
During the time of 艢腻苍迟补苍耻鈥檚 ruling, the Brahmins were always busy in learning the scriptures; 碍峁迟谤颈测补蝉 were always busy in protecting the society and our nation; 痴补颈艣测补蝉 were always busy in farming, trading etc.; and Harijanas (i.e. 艢耻诲谤补蝉) were happily serving the people. The teachers were always keeping their minds in teaching their students and the students were always following their advices. In this way both the teachers and the students were staying in harmony with one another.
Kavyashastra (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 办腻惫测补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: Apam Napat: Indian MythologyShantanu was a king named Mahabhishak in his previous birth. Mahabhishak had ascended to the heavens after his death, but was cursed to be reborn as a mortal for his licentious behaviour in the court of Indra. According to this curse, he was born as Shantanu, the son of King Prathiba of the Kuru dynasty. He married the river goddess Ganga and had eight sons by her. Only the youngest of them, named Devaratha (who was later known as Bhishma) survivied.
: WikiPedia: HinduismS膩ntanu (啶膏ぞ啶傕い啶ㄠ): King of Hastinapura, father of Bhishma.
: WikiPedia: HinduismShantanu (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ鈥嵿い啶ㄠ): Shantanu was a king of Hastinapura, father of Bhishma. Shantanu weds Satyavati, a ferryman's daughter.
: JatLand: South AsiaShantanu (啶膏啶灌え啷嵿い啶ㄠ) was a Kuru king of Hastinapura, who is mentioned in the great epic of the Mah膩bh膩rata. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, of the lunar dynasty and the ancestor of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Rigveda (X.98.11) mentions Shantanu. He was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapur and had been born in the latter's old age. The eldest son Devapi suffered from leprosy and abdicated his inheritance to become a hermit. The middle son Bahlika devoted his life to conquer the old Aryan territories near Balkh and hence, Shantanu become the King of Hastinapur.
Shantanu was the father of very famous personality of all times Bhisma on whom we all are so proud of. Shantanu married Ganga, but ganga used to throw all his kids in river ganga, as she had taken some oath to do so, but when this kid Devarath (Bhism) was born Shantanu asked her not to do that. Hence Ganga took him with her and grown Devarath, she not only gave Devarath the teachings for Vaida but also of all weapons known at that time. Devarath came back to his father at the age of 20. At that time Shantanu fell in love with a girl named Stayawathi and wanted to marry her, but that girls father but a condition that he can marry her only if her son will sit on the throne instead of Devarath. To fulfill his father's desire, Devarath took a Bhism Oath that he will never marry in his life and left his right on the throne.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢补苍迟补苍耻 (啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ).鈥擭ame of a king of the lunar race. He married Ga峁単膩 and Satyavat墨 by the former wife he had a son named Bh墨峁a, and by the latter Ch墨tr膩峁単ada and Vichitrav墨rya. Bh墨峁a remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless; cf. 啶啶粪啶� (产丑墨峁补).
Derivable forms: 艣补苍迟补苍耻岣� (啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ啶�).
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艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�).鈥�= 啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ啶� (艣补苍迟补苍耻岣�) q. v.; 啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷嬥 啶膏啶むい啶� 啶むえ啷嵿さ啶ㄠ 啶啶｀啶啷�啶班啶むた啶班啶す啶距く啶多ぞ啶� (艣膩ntano岣� sa峁僼ati tanvan pu峁噛ak墨rtirmah膩ya艣膩岣�) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 1.6.6.
Derivable forms: 艣腻苍迟补苍耻岣� (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷佮).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�).鈥攎.
(-苍耻岣�) The 21st sovereign of the lunar dynasty in the third age, the father of Bhishma by Ganga, or the Ganges personified. E. 艣补峁� good fortune, (personified,) tanu the body, and the first vowel made long by special rule.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�).鈥攎. The name of a king,
艢补苍迟补苍耻 (啶多え啷嵿い啶ㄠ):鈥擺from 艣补苍迟补] 艣补苍迟补ma etc. See 艣补峁�-tanu, 艣补峁僼ama, p. 1054, col. 3.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢腻苍迟补苍耻 (啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶むえ啷�):鈥�(苍耻岣�) 2. m. The 21st king of the lunar dynasty in the 3d age, father of the above.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon艢anta峁塽 (喈多喁嵿喈┼瘉) noun < 艢补苍迟补苍耻. A king of the Lunar Race. See 喈氞喁嵿喈┼瘉. [santhanu.]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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