Indian Names · Boy
Shantanu name meaning
“wholesome for the body”
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptशंतनु
Shantanu is a male name from Sanskrit meaning 'wholesome for the body', also the name of a king in the Mahabharata.
What does Shantanu mean?
About the name Shantanu
Shantanu is a male name from Sanskrit (Hindi शंतनु), a compound of śaṃ 'auspicious, wholesome' and tanu 'body'. Monier-Williams glosses it as 'wholesome for the body'. In the Mahabharata, Shantanu is the name of a Kuru king, the father of Bhishma.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Shan-ta-nu |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with S |
| Devanagari script | शंतनु |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: Shantanu · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: शन्तनु · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wisdom Library: Shantanu (Monier-Williams) · wisdomlib.org · meaning
- Wikipedia: Shantanu · en.wikipedia.org · meaning
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