Shanti

Shanti, Santhi or Shanthi (from Sanskrit शान्तिः śāntiḥ) means peace, rest, calmness, tranquility, or bliss.

The poet T.S. Eliot, in his poem The Waste Land (where he spelled it Shantih) translated it as "The Peace which passeth understanding."

In Sanskrit

• Inner peace
• Ksanti, one of the paramitas of Buddhism

People

• Shanti Carson, actress, performer, and yoga instructor
• Shanti Devi, Indian woman at the center of a case of supposed reincarnation
• Shanti Roney, Swedish actor
• Shanti Snyder, Japanese/English lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host
• Oliver Shanti, New Age musician
• Shanti Wintergate, musician/actress/writer
• Shanthi Krishna, Tamil and Malayalam movie actress
• Shanthi Lekha or Rita Irene Quyn, Sri Lankan actress
• Santhi Soundarajan or Santhi Soundararajan, Indian athlete

Music

• "Shanti" (song), a 2002 single by Hitomi Shimatani
• "Shanti / Ashtangi" (song), a 1998 song by Madonna from the album Ray of Light
• Shanti (album), a 2002 album by Hitomi Shimatani
• Ferry Corsten's song from the album Twice In A Blue Moon, 2008

In the media

• Shanti (film), a 2003 Indian film
• Shanti, a TV series

Other uses

• Shanti Project, a group providing support and guidance for people with life-threatening illnesses
• Shanthi Nagar or Shanthi Nagar Colony, one of the major and oldest colonies of Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh
• Shanthi Sena or 'Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena Sandasaya' (Peace Brigade), a country wide Sri Lankan youth force
• Shanti Mantra, as used in the final line of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land"
• Shan-ti, Shan-ti, final line in the video game Digital Devil Saga 2
• Shanti International, a charity based in London which raises money for causes in India and Nepal
• Shanti Coaching, LLC, a provider of specialty coaching services for caregivers, those in the final chapter of life (advance planning coaching), and those grieving the loss of a loved one (grief/bereavement coaching).

See also

• Shanty