| śrath | श्रथ् | or śranth (cf. √ ślath) cl. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 39]) śrathnāti (Ved. also śrathnīte and śṛnthati, and accord. to [Dhātup.] also śrathati, śrāthayati, śranthati, °te; pf. śaśrātha or śaśrantha Gr.; 3. sg. -śaśrathe, [RV.]; 3. pl. śrethuḥ or śaśranthuḥ Gr.; aor. aśranthīt, °thiṣṭa, [ib.]; fut. śranthiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. śrathitum or śranthitum, [ib.]; ind.p. śrathitvā or śranthitvā, [ib.]; -śrathya, [Nir.]), to be loosened or untied or unbent, become loose or slack, yield, give way, [RV.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 89], Sch.); to make slack, disable, disarm, [RV. i, 171, 3]; (Ā.) to loosen one's own (bonds &c.), [AV.]; v.l. for grath, granth: Caus. śratháyati, °te (in Saṃhitāpāṭha also śrathāyati and accord. to Gr. also śrāthayati and śranthayati [cf. below]; aor. aśiśrathat [3. sg. Subj. śiśrathat and 3. pl. Impv. śiśrathantu, [RV.]] or aśaśranthat), to loosen, untie, unbend, slacken, relax (Ā. ‘to become loose, yield’), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; to remit, pardon (sin), [RV.]; (śrāthayati), to strive eagerly, endeavour, use exertion, [Dhātup. xxxii, 13]; to delight, gladden, [ib.]; (śranthayati), to bind, tie, connect, arrange, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 31]; to hurt, kill, [ib.] |