Shatana, Śatana, Śātana: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śatana and Śātana can be transliterated into English as Satana or Shatana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Satna.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
1) Śatana (शतन):—Falling
2) Śātana (शातन):—[śātanaṃ] Falling of

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śatana (शतन).—Cutting down, felling.
Derivable forms: śatanam (शतनम्).
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Śātana (शातन).—
1) Whetting, sharpening.
2) Cutting down, destroyer; as in पर्वतपक्षातनम् (parvatapakṣātanam) R.3.42.
3) Causing to fall or perish.
4) Causing to decay or wither.
5) Becoming thin or small, thinness.
6) Withering, decaying; वसन्ते सर्वशस्यानां जायते पत्रशातनम् (vasante sarvaśasyānāṃ jāyate patraśātanam) Adhikaraṇamālā.
7) Polishing, planing.
Derivable forms: śātanam (शातनम्).
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Satana (सतन).—A variety of sandal, red and smelling like earth; सतनं सक्तं भूमिगन्धि (satanaṃ saktaṃ bhūmigandhi) Kau. A.2.11.
Derivable forms: satanam (सतनम्).
Śatana (शतन).—(nt.; compare Sanskrit śātayati, śātana), fall, ruin, decay: occurs in cpds. seemingly corresponding closely to ucchādana, q.v.; especially in a cliché, sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ (…) śatana-patana-vikiraṇa-(or vikaraṇa-, q.v.)-vi- dhvaṃsana-dharmatayā (because they are characterized by…) parāhatya (once °hanya) Divyāvadāna 180.23; 281.30; 551.16; Avadāna-śataka i.50.14; 96.5—6; 348.3, et alibi; same [compound], ending dharmā, epithet of kāyo, the body, Śikṣāsamuccaya 229.12; śatana- patana-dharmo (of the body) Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 210.8; śatana-patana- vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsanādibhiḥ duḥkhopadhānair uparudhya- mānaṃ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 110.20—21. (In Divyāvadāna 299.22 cyavana replaces śatana in the same [compound]; see s.v. vikiraṇa 1).
Śātana (शातन).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) 1. Withering, decaying, becoming thin or small. 2. Sharpening. E. śo to wither, ṇic taṅ ca, aff. lyuṭ .
Śātana (शातन).—I. n. Withering, becoming thin (cf. śāta, s. v. śo). Ii. i. e. śātaya, [Causal.] of śad, + ana, at the end of a comp. adj. Cutting off, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 42 (v. r., cf. śātin).
Śātana (शातन).—[adjective] ([feminine] ī) & [neuter] causing to fall, cutting off, destroying.
1) Śatana (शतन):—n. (for śātana, √2, śad) cutting down, felling, [Divyāvadāna]
2) Śātana (शातन):—[from śāta] 1. śātana n. the act of sharpening or wetting, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] sharpness, thinness, [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] 2. śātana mf(ī)n. causing to fall or decay, felling, destroying, hewing or cutting off, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
5) [v.s. ...] n. the act of causing to fall etc.
6) [v.s. ...] cutting or plucking off, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] destroying, ruining, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] polishing, planing, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] a means of removing or destroying, [Suśruta; Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā] (cf. garbha-ś).
Śātana (शातन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Withering, decaying.
Śātana (शातन):—(von śat)
1) adj. (f. ī gaṇa gaurādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 41]) abfallen machend: kūla [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 17.] abhauend: parvatapakṣa [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 42.] ausschlagend: ekāṅgaśātanī [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 37, 4.] zu Grunde richtend: śokaḥ śātanastanoḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 101, 200.] amitra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 51, 35.] —
2) n. a) das Abfallenmachen [DHĀTUP. 28, 134.] das Abschneiden, Abpflücken: pattra [SĀRAMAÑJARĪ im Śabdakalpadruma] das Behobeln, Abdrechseln [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 77, 41. fg. 106, 40. 64.] das Zugrunderichten: ari [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 15.] vīrya [116, 29.] — b) Mittel zum Abfallen, Ausfallen: garbha Abortivmittel [Suśruta 1, 277, 12.] lomnām [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 11, 29.] — Vgl. palāśa (auch [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 2, 8, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1, Scholiast]), loma .
Śāṭana (शाटन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jhoḍaṇa, Saḍaṇa, Sāḍaṇa, Sāḍaṇā, Sāyaṇā.
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
1) Saṭanā (सटना) [Also spelled satna]:—(v) to be in close proximity, to be in physical contact; to stick; to adhere to; to be adjacent.
2) Satānā (सताना):—(v) to trouble; to harass, to torment, to oppress; to victimise.
3) Sāṭana (साटन) [Also spelled satan]:—(nf) satin (cloth).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Śātana (ಶಾತನ):—
1) [noun] the act of sharpening (cutting weapons).
2) [noun] a destroying or eradicating; destruction.
3) [noun] the state of being destroyed.
4) [noun] a withering or the state of being withered.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Sāṭana (साटन):—n. satin (cloth);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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