(p. 949) śuci pure; clean, immaculate; sanctified; holy; virtuous; white. ̃তা n. purity; cleanliness; immaculateness; sanctity; holiness; virtuousness; whiteness. আপাতশুচিতা a show of purity or sanctity or virtuousness or cleanliness; sanctimony. ̃বাই, ̃বায়ু n. a hysterical mania for cleanliness and sanctity. ̃বায়ুগ্রস্ত a. suffering from a hysterical mania for cleanliness and sanctity. ̃ব্রত a. practising sanctity and virtue; virtuous and holy. ̃শুভ্র a. bright with sanctity or virtuousness. ̃স্মিত a. having a pure or bright smile. fem. ̃স্মিতা । 34)

(p. 951) śōnā to hear; to listen (to); to obey (কথা শোনা); to comply with; to pay heed to. a. that which has been heard or listened to; heard or learnt from others (শোনা কথা). ̃নো v. to make one hear; to inform or tell; to cause to obey; to cause to pay heed to. গান শোনানো v. to sing (one) a song. ̃মাত্র adv. immediately on hearing, directly upon hearing. 69)

(p. 951) śuṣka dry (শুষ্ক বস্ত্র); withered (শুষ্ক পুষ্প); sapless, pithless (শুষ্ক কাষ্ঠ); dull, uninteresting, pointless (শুষ্ক তর্ক); pale (শুষ্ক মুখ); parched (শুষ্ক কণ্ঠ); harsh (শুষ্ক স্বর); vapoury or empty or insipid (শুষ্ক বাক্য); merely formal (শুষ্ক ভদ্রতা). ̃তা n. dryness. 15)

(p. 951) śrōtrī of শ্রোতা । 126)

(p. 935) śakāra-bakāra filthy words beginning with শ and ব; filthy revilings or abusive language. 12)

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

(p. 942) śāla3 a large pike for impalement of criminals; (fig.) a heart-rending affliction or grief. 39)

(p. 951) śraddhā love and respect, admiration, reverence; esteem; confidence, faith (নেতার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা); devotion (সশ্রদ্ধ পূজা); inclination, desire (খাবারে শ্রদ্ধা). শ্রদ্ধা করা v. to love and respect, to admire, to revere, to esteem; to have confidence or faith in. ̃ন্বিত, ̃বান, ̃লু ̃শীল a. respectful, having faith or confidence in, faithful. ̃ভাজন, ̃স্পদ n. an object of reverence, a reverend person. fem. ̃স্পদা । ̃ভাজনেষু, ̃স্পদেষু to you or him as the reverend one (a form of addressing a reverend person in a letter). 104)

(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. 951) śōbhī beautifying; adorning; adding grace to. fem. শোভিনী । 74)

(p. 949) śītāgama advent of cold or winter. 9)

(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. 951) śaiba of or worshipping Shiva (শিব). n. a Hindu community worshipping Shiva (শিব); a member of this community. 46)

(p. 935) śaṇa hemp (plant or fibre); flax (plant or fibre). শণে তৈরি a. hempen; flaxen. শণের নুড়ি (lit.) a sheaf of fibres of flax; (fig.) grey hair. 35)

(p. 939) śaśāṅka the lunar crescent, a digit of the moon. ̃শেখর same as শশীভূষণ । 34)