शन्तनु

{ śantanuḥ, śantanu (śāntanu) }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚANTANU (ŚĀNTANU)   King Śantanu, on a par with the Devas, was a great physician (Mahābhiṣak).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : शांतनु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शन्तनु    शन्तम &c. See शं-तनु, शं॑तम, p. 1054, col. 3.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शन्तनुः [śantanuḥ]  N. N. of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Chītrāṅgada and Vichitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless; cf. भीष्म.