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Shantiniketan

Shantiniketan is the alternative spelling of Santiniketan.

Meaning of Santiniketan

Proper noun

Santiniketan

  1. A town near Bolpur in Birbhum district, West Bengal, in eastern India.
    • Japanese interaction with Santiniketan dates back to the year 1902 with the arrival of the above-mentioned Shitoku Hori. Subsequently, in 1905, Jinnosuke Sano, an ex-student of Keio University, arrived in Santiniketan. He was the jujutsu teacher. It is known that during his three years of stay at...2010, P.A. George, editor, Japanese Studies: Changing Global Profile, New Delhi: Northern Book Centre, →ISBN, page 259

Origin of Shantiniketan

Transliteration of Bengali শান্তিনিকেতন (śantiniketon).

Questions about Shantiniketan

What is Shantiniketan the alternative spelling of?
Shantiniketan is the alternative spelling of Santiniketan.

Words near Shantiniketan in the dictionary

  1. shanteys
  2. shanti
  3. shantied
  4. shanties
  5. shantih
  6. Shantiniketan
  7. shanto
  8. Shantou
  9. shants
  10. shantung
  11. Shantung Peninsula

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