Shlathana, Ślathana: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Ślathana can be transliterated into English as Slathana or Shlathana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: National Mission for Manuscripts: Traditional Medicine System in IndiaŚlathana (श्लथन) (or Śrathana) 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”.
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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World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Gurvadi guna and uses of tikshna, sthira, sara, mrudu in Ayurveda. < [2019: Volume 8, September issue 10]
Fundamentals of dravyaguna < [2024: Volume 13, January issue 1]
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
A clinical application on abhyanga (indian classical massage therapy) – an overview < [2022, Issue 1, January]