Śāntamaya

Śāntamaya · śānta-maya, “full of peace”

Śāntamaya is the eldest son of Medhātithi, the lord of Plaksha-dvīpa.

In the Brahma Purāṇa

Lomaharshaṇa Sūta tells the munis that Plaksha-dvīpa is twice the extent of Jambūdvīpa, which is one lakh yojanas, and that its lord is Medhātithi. Medhātithi has seven sons, who ruled the dvīpa: Śāntamaya, the eldest, Śiśira, Sukhodaya, Ānanda, Śiva, Kshemaka and Dhruva. By their names there are seven boundary mountains, and seven more varsha mountains: Gomoda, Candra, Dundubhi, Somaka, Sumanas, Vaibhrāja and a third whose printed name is not certain.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20