(p. 949) śun̐ṭha dried ginger. 22)

(p. 939) śaśīkara moonbeam; moonlight, moonshine. 36)

(p. 939) śaraccandra the autumnal moon. 6)

(p. 951) śumāra counting, enumeration (আদমশুমার = census); calculation; estimate. 8)

(p. 951) śrāddha a respectful and well-wishing offering to the manes, obsequies, sraddha; (sarcas.) extravagant use or spending, waste; (কথার শ্রাদ্ধ, টাকার শ্রাদ্ধ); (rather vul.) tremendous persecution or utter ruin; vituperation; (sl.) an undesirable affair. শ্রাদ্ধ করা v. to perform one's sraddha ceremony; (sarcas.) to use or spend extravagantly; to waste, (rather vul.) to persecute tremendously or ruin utterly; to revile. শ্রাদ্ধ খাওয়া v. to partake of the feast given on the occasion of a sraddha ceremony. শ্রাদ্ধ গড়াবে v. (sl.) the (undesirable) affair will go a long way. ̃কার্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. (performance of) obsequies or sraddha. ̃শান্তি n. sraddha and similar other rites so that the manes enjoy blessed peace. 109)

(p. 949) śun̐ḍ়i2 a wine-seller, a vintner; a distiller, a brewer; a publican, a taverner. শুঁড়ির দোকান, ̃খানা n. a wine-shop, a grog-shop; a public house, a tavern, ale-house (old name). শুঁড়ির সাক্ষী মাতাল one offender bears out another, (cp.) birds of the same feather flock together. 25)

(p. 944) śilīmukha an arrow; the bee, the bumblebee, the wasp. 83)

(p. 939) śaraṇa a shelter, a refuge; recourse; (rare) a resort, a retreat, a house; a shelterer; a protector. শরণ নেওয়া v. to take shelter; to come or go for a shelter or refuge; to have recourse to. শরণাগত, শরণাপন্ন a. one who has come for shelter. n. a refugee. fem. শরণাগতা, শরণাপন্না । শরণর্থী a. seeking shelter or refuge. n. a refugee. শরণ্য a. giving or capable of giving shelter or protection; worthy of being sheltered or protected. 7)

(p. 944) śikhaṇḍa, śikhaṇḍaka a peacock's tail; a tuft of hair on the head maintained uncut as by Brahmans. শিখণ্ডী n. the peacock; a character of the Mahabharata; (fig.) one from behind whose cover some misdeed is done. 39)

(p. 935) śaba, śabadēha a dead body, a corpse. শবদাহ, শবদাহন n. cremation. শবদাহ করা v. to burn a dead body, to cremate. শবদাহক n. one who cremates, a cremator. শবদাহনচুল্লি n. a cremator; an incinerator.শবদাহস্হান n. a crematorium. শবপরীক্ষা n. post-mortem; autopsy. শবপরীক্ষা করা v. to make a post-mortem of, to autopsy. শবব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dissect a dead body. শবযাত্রা n. a funeral procession শবযান n. a bier. শবসত্কার n. obsequies, funeral rites; cremation. শবসত্কার করা v. to perform the obsequies of; to cremate. শবসাধনা n. a form of mystical rite or religious meditation performed by sitting upon a dead body in a crematorium usu. on a new-moon night; (fig.) a dreadful endeavour to achieve something. শবাকার a. corpselike; looking like a corpse. শবাগার n. a morgue. শবাচ্ছাদন-বস্ত্র n. shroud; a winding-sheet; dead-clothes. শবাধার n. a bier. শবানুগমন করা v. to follow a corpse to the funeral place. শবানুগামী, শবানুযাত্রী n. one who follows a corpse to the funeral place, a mourner. শবাসন n. a posture of yogic exercise in which one lies still with the face up. শবাসনা a. fem. mounted upon a corpse. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). 51)

(p. 944) śirōruha hair growing on one's head. 79)

(p. 939) śāṅkara of Shankar (শঙ্কর) or Shiva (শিব); made or propounded by Shankaracharya (শাঙ্কর ভাষ্য). 57)

(p. 939) śastra a weapon which is to be wielded by the hand and not thrown (e.g. a sword); a weapon; an iron tool for handicrafts; a surgical instrument or knife. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. surgery. ̃জীবী same as শস্ত্রাজীব । ̃ত্যাগ n. act of laying down or relinquishing one's arms. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃পাণি a. bearing arms, armed. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art and science of using weapons. শস্ত্রাগার n. an armoury; an arsenal. শস্ত্রাজীব a. earning one's livelihood as a professional soldier. n. a soldier. 42)

(p. 951) śrēṣṭhā greatest; chief, principal; best, excellent; (pop.) greater or better, superior. fem. শ্রেষ্ঠা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. the state of being the greatest or chief or best or excellent; superiority or pre-eminence. 118)

(p. 944) śi a horn. শিং নাড়া v. to wave one's horn threatening to butt or gore; (fig.) to become audaciously aggressive. 26)