(p. 944) śibā the vixen; (loos.) the fox. 55)

(p. 939) śarā a shallow earthen plate. 14)

(p. 944) śāstā a ruler; a teacher, a preceptor; Gautama Buddha. 17)

(p. 951) ślōka a couplet, a distich, a verse, a poem; fame, renown (পুণ্যশ্লোক). ̃বদ্ধ শ্লোকাত্মক a. versified.

(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. 949) śukhā dry; exclusive of bed and board (শুখা মাইনের কাজ). n. drought (হাজাশুখা); roasted or sunned tobacco used as quids or in bidis (বিড়ি). 33)

(p. 942) śāli2 a sister or cousin sister of one's wife, a sister-in-law; (in vul. abuse) a woman (cp. a jolly bitch); often an epithet of abuse.

(p. 951) śuruẏā soup. 10)

(p. 935) śabda a sound; a noise; a cry or call (পাখির শব্দ, কুকুরের শব্দ); a word. শব্দ করা v. to make a sound or noise; to cry or call. ̃কর, ̃কারী a. making a sound or noise; crying or calling. ̃কোষ n. a lexicon; a dictionary. ̃তত্ত্ব n. philology. ̃তরঙ্গ n. a sound-wave. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. philological. n. a philologist. ̃দ্বৈত n. reduplication of words. ̃প্রকরণ n. orthography. ̃বহ a. conveying sounds or sound-waves. ̃বিন্যাস n. arrangement of words; (gr.) syntax. ̃বেধী var. of ̃ভেদী । ̃ব্রহ্ম n. the Supreme Being consisting of sound only (cp. Logos); the Vedas. ̃ভাণ্ডার n. the treasure of words; the total corpus of words of a language. ̃ভেদী a. capable of hitting the target by merely hearing the sound made by it. ̃যোজনা n. adding or supplementing words. ̃ময় a. full of sound; noisy; word. ̃শক্তি n. different imports of a word; the capacity of words for conveying significance, power of words. ̃শাস্ত্র n. the science of words; grammar; philology; branches of learning collectively. ̃হীন a. soundless; noiseless; speechless; silent. শব্দাতীত a. beyond words; not expressible in words. শব্দায়মান a. in the state of making sounds, sounding; resounding. শব্দার্থ n. the meaning of a word, a word-meaning. শব্দালংকার n. any one of the figures of speech based on sound, such as, alliteration, onomatopoeia etc. শব্দিত a. sounded; filled with sound; resounded. 55)

(p. 951) śyāma cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottlegreen; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complexion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a dilemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloudlike colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complexion. a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল । n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the blackheaded munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-family, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottlegreen, or green. 102)

(p. 944) śāhi (Mus.) royal (শাহি বাগ). 24)

(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. 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) śakadbīpa Scythia. 9)

(p. 951) śuśrūṣā nursing (of the sick). শুশ্রূষা করা v. to nurse. ̃কারী n. a male nurse. a. nursing. fem. ̃কারিণী n. a nurse; a (nursing) sister. 14)