Shanti

Shanti, Santhi or Shanthi (Sanskrit: शान्तिः, śāntiḥ, Sanskrit pronunciation: [ʃaːnt̪iɧ]; √ शम śam: ‘be calm’) 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" 2In Sanskrit Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress. Ksanti, one of the paramitas of Buddhism. 2People Shanti Devi (1926–1987), Indian woman at the center of a case of supposed reincarnation Shanti Roney (born 1970), Swedish actor Shanti Snyder (born 1981), Japanese/English lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host Oliver Shanti (born 1948), New Age musician Shanti Wintergate, musician/actress/writer Shanthi Krishna, Tamil and Malayalam movie actress Shanthi Lekha or Rita Irene Quyn (1929–2009), Sri Lankan actress Santhi Soundarajan or Santhi Soundararajan (born 1981), Indian athlete Shanti Singh (1941–2001) princess of Nepal and rani of Bajhan