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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kadarthana (कदर्थन) or Kadarthanā (कदर्थना).—troubling, tormenting, torture.

Derivable forms: kadarthanam (कदर्थनम्).

Kadarthana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kad and arthana (अर्थन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kadarthana (कदर्थन).—. i. e. kad-arth + ana, n. and f. nā, Tormenting, [Daśakumāracarita] 169, 7.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kadarthana (कदर्थन).—[neuter] nā [feminine] vexation, annoyance.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kadarthana (कदर्थन):—[=kad-arthana] [from kad] f(ā)n. ([from] kadarthaya below), the act of tormenting, torture, trouble, [Daśakumāra-carita; Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kadarthana (कदर्थन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kayatthaṇa, Kayatthaṇā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kadarthanā (कदर्थना):—(nf) harassment; humiliation.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kadarthana (ಕದರ್ಥನ):—

1) [noun] the act of treating a person disrespectfully; insult; dishonour.

2) [noun] the act of annoying, interfering, meddling with so as to trouble or harm another.

3) [noun] the act or an instance of rendering a thing useless.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Kad, Arthana.

Full-text: Kayatthana, Dragh, Durvyasana.

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