shantiint.n.
/ˈʃɑːnti/ Hinduism.
Peace: repeated three times at the end of an Upanishad as a prayer for the peace of the soul.
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1896 Mead & ChaṭṬopâdhyâya Upanishads I. 12 Oṁ shântiḥ shântiḥ shântiḥ... Oṁ. Peace, Peace, Peace!
1923 T. S. Eliot Waste Land v. 25 Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. Shantih shantih shantih... [Note] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to an Upanishad. ‘The Peace which passeth understanding’ is a feeble translation of the content of this word.
1962 A. Huxley Island iv. 32 Such an extraordinary sense of peace. Shanti, shanti, shanti.
1976 B. Griffiths Return to Centre xvii. 120 All desires are here fulfilled, the soul has entered into its rest, it attains to peace—shanti—the peace that passes understanding.
1984 D. Dabydeen Slave Song 25 O Shanti! Shanti! Shanti! So me spirit call, so e halla foh yu.
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