Śānta (son of Āpa)

Śānta · śānta, “the peaceful one”

Dakshiṇā has other meanings too: see all meanings of Dakshiṇā. Āpa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Āpa.

Śānta is one of the sons of Āpa, the first of the eight Vasus. Lomaharshaṇa tells the ṛshis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that the eight famous Vasus are Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhava, Anila, Anala, Pratyūsha and Prabhāsa, and that the sons of Āpa are Vaitaṇḍya, Śrama, Śānta and Muni.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3