The Sanskrit term Śrathana can be transliterated into English as Srathana or Shrathana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: National Mission for Manuscripts: Traditional Medicine System in India

Śrathana (श्रथन) (or Ślathana) refers to “loosening” and is the action (karma) associated with Mṛdu (“soft”): one of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Mṛdu (“soft”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of water and the associated actions of “loosening/ślathana”; while Kaṭhina (“hard”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth and is associated with the action “hardening/dried/dṛḍhīkaraṇa”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śrathana (श्रथन).—

1) Killing, destruction.

2) Untying, loosening, release.

3) Effort, exertion.

4) Tying, binding.

5) Delighting repeatedly.

Derivable forms: śrathanam (श्रथनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śrathana (श्रथन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Tying, stringing. 2. Loosening, untying. 3. Killing. 4. Effort. E. śrath to tie, &c., aff. lyuṭ .

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

Śrathana (श्रथन).—[śrath + ana], n. 1. Tieing. 2. Untieing.

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

1) Śrathana (श्रथन):—[from śranth] n. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) the act of untying, loosening

2) [v.s. ...] destroying, killing

3) [v.s. ...] tying, binding, connecting

4) [v.s. ...] making effort, exertion

5) [v.s. ...] delighting.

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

Śrathana (श्रथन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Tying; loosening.

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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.

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Ends with: Himashrathana.

Full-text: Himashrathana, Shlathana.

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