संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

कदर्थन

खेदन, पीड़न, यातना

troubling, afflicting pain, torturing

Monier–Williams

कदर्थन — {"ṣarthana} {am}, {ā} n. f. (fr. {kadarthaya} below), the act of tormenting, torture, trouble Daś. Kathās