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

(p. 951) śūdra the lowest of the four Hindu castes, Shudras; a shudra. শূদ্রা a. fem. a female shudra. শূদ্রাণী n. fem. a female shudra; a shudra's wife. শূদ্রী n. fem. a shudra's wife. 18)

(p. 944) śirōdhārya to be borne on the head; to be obeyed or be complied with; to be accepted with reverence. শিরোধার্য করা v. to bear on one's head; to obey or accept submissively or with reverence. 74)

(p. 944) śiti white; black or blue. ̃কণ্ঠ n. one with a blue-coloured neck; Shiva (শিব); the peacock. 52)

(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. 951) śbaśura a father-in-law; an uncle-in-law. ̃ঘর n. a woman's father-in-law's house, a husband's house. ̃বাড়ি শ্বশুরালয় n. a man's or woman's father-in-law's house. 93)

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

(p. 951) śuru commencement, beginning; start; inception. শুরু করা বা হওয়া v. to commence, to begin; to start. শুরু থেকে শেষ from beginning to end. 9)

(p. 935) śata hundred. a. many or innumerable. প্রতি শত per cent. শতক a. having a number of hundreds; hundred. n. a hundred; an aggregate of one hundred similar things (সদ্ভাবশতক); a century. ̃করা a. & adv. per cent. শতকরা হার, শতকরা হিসাব percentage. ˜কিয়া n. a table of numbers up to 1. ̃কোটি n. & a. hundred crore. □ a. countless, innumerable. ̃খণ্ড n. a hundred pieces. a. reduced or torn to hundred pieces; reduced or torn to pieces; tattered. ̃গুণ n. a hundred times. a. hundred times of; a hundred times. adv. to or by hundred times; a hundred times; many or countless times, in or to a great degree or extent, far. ̃গুণে adv. same as ̃গুণ (adv.). ̃গ্রন্হি a. patched at hundred places; tattered. ̃ঘ্নী n. a mythological missile which could kill a hundred persons at one stroke. ̃চ্ছিন্ন a. torn at hundred places; tattered. ̃তম a. hundredth. fem. ̃তমী । ̃দল n. a hundredpetalled or many-petalled object; the lotus. ̃দ্রু n. the river Sutlej. ̃ধা adv. in or to a hundred divisions; a hundred times as much; hundredfold; in or to numerous divisions. ̃ধার a. having a hundred ends or edges or streams. ̃ধারে adv. in hundred streams, in innumerable streams. ̃পদী n. the centipede; the scorpion; the earwig. ̃বর্ষজীবী same as শতায়ু । ̃বার্ষিক a. centennial. শতবার্ষিক উত্সব the centenary. ̃ভিষা n. the twenty-fourth of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. ̃মারী n. (sarcas.) a bad physician who has killed a hundred patients, a charlatan, a quacksalver, a quack. ̃মুখ a. having one hundred mouths or outlets; (fig.) voluble, glib. মুখী n. (hum.) a besom. ̃মুখে adv. glibly; in multifarious ways. ̃মূলী n. asparagus. ̃রূপা a. having many colours or shapes. ̃শ adv. by hundreds; hundredfold; hundred times over; over and over again. ̃সহস্র n. & a. hundred thousand. □ a. many, innumerable. 36)

(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. 951) śēja1 a bed. 35)

(p. 935) śaṅkha the conch; a conchshell (esp. one that is sounded by blowing); a conchbangle. n. & a. billion (1,,,). ˜চক্রগদাপদ্মধারী a. carrying a conch-shell, a discus, a mace and a lotus. n. an appellation of God Narayana. ̃চিল n. a species of white-breasted kite. ̃চূড় n. the kingcobra. ̃চূর্ণ n. conchshell powder. ̃চূর্ণী see শঙ্খিনী । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ n. the sound of blowing a conchshell. ̃ধ্বনি করা, ̃নাদ করা v. to blow a conchshell. ̃বণিক n. a dealer and worker in articles of conchshells. ̃বলয় n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell. ̃বিষ n. white arsenic, ratsbane. শঙ্খিনী n. a woman of the third of four sexual categories; the evil spirit of a woman who has died when her husband is still alive, a female ghoul (also শঙ্খচূর্ণী). 28)

(p. 951) śbēta the white colour. a. white; (of hair) grey. ̃কায় a. white complexioned. ̃কুষ্ঠ n. leucoderma. ̃চর্ম a. white-skinned, white-complexioned. ̃দ্বীপ n. a mythological island, the island of the moon; (often facet.) the British Isles. ̃পাথর, ̃প্রস্তর n. marble. ̃প্রদর n. leucorrhoea, whites. ̃রক্ত কণিকা a white corpuscle. ̃শ্মশ্রু a. greybearded. ̃সর্ষপ n. white mustard, Brassica alba. ̃সার n. starch. ̃অযুক্ত শ্বেতসার (bot.) simple starch. ̃হস্তী n. (lit. & fig.) a white elephant. শ্বেতাঙ্গ a. one whose complexion is white. □ n. the white man; a European or American. শ্বেতাভ a. having a slightly white glow or tinge, whitish; (loos.) incandescent. শ্বেতি, । শ্বেতী n. leucoderma. 98)

(p. 935) śaṅkā fear, dread, terror; alarm; misgiving; perturbation. শঙ্কা করা v. to fear, to apprehend; to have a misgiving. ̃কুল a. perturbed; full of misgiving; greatly frightened. fem. ̃কুলা । ̃ন্বিত same as শঙ্কিত । fem. ̃ন্বিতা । ̃শূন্য a. fearless; free from misgivings. ̃হর, ̃হরণ a. one who or that which expels fear or misgiving. fem. ̃হরা । ̃হীন same as ̃শূন্য । fem. ̃হীনা । 25)

(p. 949) śīrṣa the head; top, apex, summit; tip; the highest or the first or the most distinguished place (also শীর্ষস্হান); (geom.) a vertex (of an angle etc.). ̃ক a. (used as a sfx.) having a particular title, entitled, styled; headed. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) a vertical angle. ̃স্হ a. situated on the top or on the head. পরীক্ষায় শীর্ষস্হান অধিকার করা to stand or come first in an examination. ̃স্হানীয় a. highest, first; most distinguished, chief, topmost. 17)