Hindi: Shānt Peace in the Languages of India
Peace poetry can save a life and a brain.
India has 22 official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Before And After Hindi Shanti Peace
A Before and After Dictionary poem looks at the words and definitions before and after the target word.
In Hindi peace or shānt is found after / “shahīd” or martyr / “shānt” calm quite peaceful / still the way life is when you don’t have to be a martyr / when you can find a way to get what you desire / what you want / without sacrificing everything / because what is the point of peace
After shānt comes “shantipūrṇā” / peaceful like a peaceful measure / or change or relationship / then “shāntipriya” peace-loving / and “shantimay” peaceful
And after that “shākāhārī” vegetarian / a way of looking peacefully at animals / water consumption and the world
Nuanced Junctional Peace in Hindi of India
Implied in “sandhi” / a word for peace in Hindi / spoken in India / is a relationship / a joint / juncture / seam / treaty / entente / federation
All nuances of “sandhi” / peace at the junction / at the edges
The is a popular saying in Hindi: “Every two miles the water doth change, and every four the dialect.”
Taking Action in Hindi
The Hindi language requires the user to take action / to express a willingness and desire for doing good / manifest the ability to change the world
Hindi uses the passive to express / incapacity or unwillingness to do something / action reserved for those willing and able to do
मुझसे नहीं बैठा गया। mujhase nahīṃ baiṭhā gayā / passively literal “was not sat by me” / “I couldn’t sit down”
उससे वहाँ नहीं जाया गया। usase vahāṃ nahīṃ jāyā gayā / passively literal “there was not gone by him” / “He couldn’t (bring himself to) go there”
इतनी गरमी में किसी से नहीं सोया जाता। itanī garamī meṃ kisī se nahīṃ soyā jātā / passively literal “in so much heat is not slept by anyone” / “Nobody can sleep in so much heat”
Hindi Peace Is …
In the Hindi of Northern India / where peace शांति śāṃti is calm and ease / and silence निस्तब्धता nistabdhatā
Peace अमन aman is mild /and एकता ektā harmony / or शान्ति śānti order
Śānti शान्ति is many feelings from peace and tranquility to bliss and happiness / from quiet and comfort to the indifference to objects of pleasure or pain/ along with eternal rest, any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity
Peace in the Languages of India
Assamese: Assamese [æsəˈmiːz] (asm-000), অসমীয়া ভাষা , Asamīẏā bhāṣā , ôȟômīyā bʰāḥ̌ā, অসমীয়া, ôȟômīyā, Oxomiya, , Asamiya [ɔxomia], Assam, Asambe, Asami, Asamiya, an Eastern Indo Aryan Language, an Indo-Iranian language, written in Eastern Nagari scripts — “Sānti” or “śānti” (peace), “Shanti” (peace), শান্তি (śānti) or in Cyrillic “Шанті”, “Ȟ̇ānti” (peace), শান্তি (ȟ̇ānti), “Nti” (peace), “Xanti” (peace), “Xokah” (peace), अमन امن (əmən), शांति شانتی (؛ ântî)— India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Butão.
Bengali (ben), Bangla — “Sānti”, “Sainta”, “Shanti”, “Shaan-ti” (peace), “Abirōdha” or “Abirodha” (harmony, peace, accord, agreement, amity, friendliness) — Bangladesh and India (West Bengal, Tripura and Barak Valley).
Bodos, Bodo — “Santi” (peace), “Sukhsanti” (peace), “Sukh” (joy), “Santi Jal” (peace water), “Shanti hônai” (peace giving), “Santidåi” (shanthi doi), “Santi” (peace), “Døi” (water) (water that brings peace), “Shukshantioi”, “Sukhsantiyøï” (in peace) — India (Assam).
Dogri — “Amn” (peace), “Shaanti” (peace) — India and Pakistan, (Jammu region, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Northern Punjab).
Gujarati — “Shānti”, “Shāntatā” (peace), “Shanti” (peace), “Śānti” (peace), “Shāntatā” (peace, calm) — India.
Hindi (hin) — “Shānti” शान्ति [ʃɑːn.t̪iː], [ʃä̃ːn̪.t̪iː] (peace, rest, alleviation, pacification, consolation, calmness of mind, of an arhat and a chakravartin), शांति (śānti), Śānti शान्ति (peace, tranquility, bliss, happiness, quiet, comfort, indifference to objects of pleasure or pain, eternal rest, any expiatory or propitiatory rite for averting evil or calamity), शम [śama] (calm, tranquillity), “Salamti” (peace), “Aman” (peace), “Shaant” (quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, sober, silent, placid, still, smooth, composed, pacific, restful, unstrained, dispassionate, soft, peaceable, gentle, settled, mute, passionless, easeful, composing, imperturbable, tame), “Shaant” (quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, sober, silent, staid, sedate, placid, still, smooth, composed, pacific, restful, unstrained, dispassionate, soft, peaceable, gentle, settled, mute, passionless, easeful, composing, unabashed, dormant, imperturbable, piping, tame, stilly, halcyon, philosophical, philosophic, laid-back, well-balanced, level-headed, good-tempered, even-tempered, even-minded, sober-minded, dauce, demure, nonchalant, resigned, waveless, soundless, the poor in spirit) — India, Nepal, Uganda, Suriname.
Kannada (kan), Kurumba — “Shanti” (peace), “Shaamti” / ಶಾಂತಿ (peace) ಪೀಸ್ ಸಿಸಿ ಲೈಟ್ (light of peace) — India 32nd in world top languages with 38 million native speakers or .58 percent of the world population.
Kashmiri, Kashmir — Amin امن (amn), Kash (struggle), “Mir” (peace), “Aman” (peace), “Shaanti” (peace), “Shaenti”, “Sala” (peace), “Sokh” (peace), “Aaَmَn،sٕkoٗn” اَمَن،سٕکوٗن (peace), “Skoٗn” سکوٗن (peace), “Sokh” (peace), “Pُr aَmُn” پُر اَمُن (peaceful), “Sala” (peace), “Shُnِۍiah،zhhۄph”ٕ شُنِۍیاہ،ژھۄپہٕ (calm), “Zhhۄphٕ kَrnaoُn” ژھۄپہٕ کَرناوُن (calm), “Zhhۄphٕ،sُkoٗn” ژھۄپہٕ،سُکوٗن (calm) — India, Pakistan.
Konkani (kok), Konkani Roman, Kokani Romi, Deva, Knda, Mlym, fa-Arab, Bankoti, Central Konkan, Konknni, Concorinum, Cugani, Kathodi, Katvadi, Konkan Standard, Konkanese, Konkani Mangalorean, Kunabi, an Indo-Aryan language, a Macrolanguage — “Xanti” (peace), “Shanti” (peace), “Santatay” (peace), “Soukāsāi” or “Soukaasaai” (peace, serenity), “Sămādhān” (concord, peace), “Săntos” (joy), “Vogots rau” (peace), “Soukāsāyetso” (peaceful), “Šămā dhānātso” “Nidān” (calm), “Santi” (meek)— India.
Maithili (mai), அமைதி, मैथिली भाषा (maitʰilī bʰāṣā), मैथिली (maitʰilī), Maithili (mai-001), मैथिली, Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia, Tirh, Kthi, Newa, Deva, an Indo-Aryan language, a Bihari language, an Indo-European language, an Indo-Iranian language. Dialects (Khortha language, Sotipura, Dehati, Kisan,Thetiya, Jolaha) — “Shaanti” (peace), “Shānti” (peace), शान्ति, “Aman” (peace), “Kl” (peace), “Chen” (peace), “Aksshubdh” (peaceful) — India (Bihar, Terai), Nepal (Narayani, Janakpur, Sagarmatha, and Koshi).
Malayalam — “Samadhanam” സമാധാനം”Samaadhaanam” (peace), “Niṅṅaḷkku samādhānaṁ” (peace be with you) — Kerala, India and Singapore.
Manipuri: Bishnupria Manipuri (bpy), বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী ভাষা [Biṣṇupriyā maṇipurī bʰāṣā], Bishnupriya Manipuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri Creole, Créole Bishnupriya Manipuri, Bishnupuriya, Bisna Puriya, Bishnupria Manipuri, Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj), Manipur, Tripura, A BpyIndo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese language―শান্তি (peace, tranquility), বানাপানা (love, a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person), হার্মোনিয়া (harmony)―Bangladesh, India (Assam).
Marathi (mar), MaraaThii, Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu, an Indo-Aryan language, Dialects (Varhadi and Agri) — “Shānti” (peace), शांती (Shanti) (peace), “Shantata” (peace), “Sāntatā” (peace), “Canta”, “ɕaːn̪t̪a” (calm (of sea), “Cantata”, “ɕaːn̪t̪at̪a” (peace), “Sthira” (calm), “St̪ʰira” (calm (of sea) — India, 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India.
Nepali (nep), नेपाली — “Shanti” (peace), शांति [Shānti] (peace), “Saanti” (peace), “Šāntī” (peace), “Shaanti” (peace), “Sadabwb” (kind feeling), “Sahanavuti” (sympathy), “Sahissuwanta” (tolernace), “Samanta” (equality), “Santi” (peace). “Swabhiman” (self-respect), नेपाली (calm), गाम्भीर्य [Gaambhiiry] (calmness) — Nepal (61st language with 17 million native speakers or .25 percent of the world population).
Oriya — “Sānti” ଶାନ୍ତି [Śāntī] in Oriya (peace) — India.
Punjabi, Punjabi dialects: Bhattianj, Malwai, Pahari, Doabi, Kangri, Hindko, Pothowari, Shahpuri, Rachnavi, Majhi, Thali, Thalochri, Chakwali and Ghebi — “Shānti” (peace), “Aman” (peace), “Sakūn” (peace) — Punjab.
Sanskrit — “Shanti” or “Shānti” (from Sanskrit úântiḥ) (peace, rest, calmness, tranquility, or bliss) — India.
Santhali, Munda, Khasi, Roma―”Bonat” (agreement, peace, harmony), “Nira, Nirala, Nirola” (pure, unadulterated, unalloy), “Nirai” (peace, without care or anxiety), “Niral” (beautiful), “Pacha” (peace, safety), “Pacha” (to follow up, to trace, to track), “Santi” (peace), “Sapot” (gentle, quite, peaceable, pacific), Sol saluki; sola saluk (peace, harmony), “Solah, Soloh” (to advise, to consult), “Suluk” (peace, harmony)―India.
Tamil தமிழ் (tam, tcv), a Nostratic and Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam language — “Amaithi”, அமைதி (amaithi), (peace, serenity, silence, tranquility, calmness), “Amaidhi” (silence), “Omoyti” (peace), “Amaïdi”, (peace), “Amaitiyāṉa” (calm (of the sea), “Samaadaanam” (peace)— India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, S. Africa.
Telugu — Shanti శాంతśānti సమాధానము, “samādʰānamu or శాంతము or šāṃtamu (peace) or Shanti శాంతśānti or śaanti (peace, tranquillity, calmness, quietness) rest or Kuduti (healthy, beautiful, well-arranged, calm, quiet) — India (Andhra Pradesh) and Namaskaaramulu is the 15th most commonly spoken language with 66,350,000 people.
Urdu — “Sulh”, “Sulah”, “Amn” امن (peace), Aman” (peace), “Salaam” (peace) سکون / “Sukūn” (peace), “Sakū” (peace) — Pakistan, India, Central Asia.
