shantih

English

Interjection

shantih

1. Alternative spelling of shanti.
   • 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, pages 49 and 64:

     [lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.

Noun

shantih (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of shanti.