(p. 949) śīla nature; natural disposition; character; conduct, behaviour, manners; practice. a. (used as a sfx.) natured, disposed to (দয়াশীল); practising (দানশীল). fem. a. শীলা । ̃পত্র n. a character-certificate. ̃ব্রত a. practising virtues, virtuous. 18)

(p. 939) śām̐sa kernel, pulp; pith; core; marrow; (fig.) solid worth, substance (মগজে শাঁস নেই); (fig.) wealth, riches (লোকটার শাঁস ফুরিয়েছে). শাঁসালো a. abounding in kernel, pulpy, pithy; marrowy; (fig.) full of solid worth, substantial; (fig.) wealthy. 49)

(p. 935) śakta2 hard, not soft; strong; stiff, obdurate; durable, tight; firm, steady; stubborn; severe, rigorous; strict; rigid; strenuous; niggardly, stingy (খরচের বেলায় সে শক্ত); harsh (শক্ত কথা) excruciating (শক্ত ব্যথা); difficult. শক্ত ঘানি (fig.) a very hard taskmaster; (fig.) a hard nut to crack; a very obdurate man. শক্ত পাল্লায় পড়া to have to deal with a person who is more than one's match, to catch a tartar. শক্তের ভক্ত নরমের যম (fig.) one who flatters a strong opponent but tyrannizes over a weak one, a jackal in Brobdingang playing the lion in Lilliput. 18)

(p. 935) śakāri the enemy or subduer of the Shakas (শক). 13)

(p. 939) śali a dry measure of corn. 28)

(p. 944) śālmali, śālmalī the silk-cotton tree; a mythological island. 8)

(p. 951) śrōtriẏa a Brahman versed in the Vedas; a class of Brahmans who are not kulins (কুলীন); a Brahman of this class. 125)

(p. 951) śōcana, śōcanā mourning or grieving; lamentation; repentance; regret. শোচনীয় a. mournful; grievous; woeful; lamentable; sad; regrettable; sorry (শোচনীয় অবস্হা = a sorry plight); miserable. 59)

(p. 935) śatēka one hundred; many hundreds; many, innumerable; nearly or approximately a hundred. ̃খেয়ারি n. fem. (in vulgar reviling) a cursed woman who has seen the death of a hundred near ones. 42)

(p. 939) śalya a long pin or stick of metal or wood; (med.) a probe; a thorn; a fishbone; a sharp-pointed mythological missile; an arrow; an arrowhead, (fig.) cause of affliction or displeasure of the heart. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. surgery; a surgical operation. ̃তন্ত্র, ̃বিদ্যা n. surgery. শল্যোদ্ধার করা v. to extract a thorn, arrow etc. (from a body); (fig.) to remove a cause of affliction or displeasure from the heart. 30)

(p. 942) śāmila equivalent or similar (to); almost the same (as) (মরার শামিল); participating or included (in) (আন্দোলনে শামিল). 23)

(p. 944) śirastra, śirastrāṇa a cover of armour for the head, a helmet; a headdress; a turban; a cap; a hat. 70)

(p. 944) śālika a kind of small yellow-beaked singing bird of the myna group, the house myna. 2)

(p. 944) śiṣṭa gentle, civil; polite, courteous, well-behaved, mannerly; good-natured; righteous; educated; elegant, chaste (শিষ্ট ভাষা). ̃তা n. politeness, courteousness; civility; refinement, decorum; righteousness. ̃বায়ু n. residual air. শিষ্ট ব্যবহার same as শিষ্টাচার । শিষ্ট সম্ভাষণ n. polite or courteous address. শিষ্টাচার, শিষ্টাচরণ n. etiquette; civility, courtesy; polite or amiable behaviour. শিষ্টাচারবিরুদ্ধ a. in contrast with or opposed to good manners. শিষ্টাচারী a. observant of the rules of etiquette; civil, courteous; well-behaved; amiable. 92)

(p. 951) śaithilya looseness, flaccidity; dishevelled or blowsy state; slackness; laxness; tiredness, fatigue; slowness, tardiness; absence of earnestness or carefulness. 45)