(p. 951) śunāni (law) a hearing. 4)

(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. 935) śamana2 Yama (যম) the god of death; death. ̃দ্বার n. death's door. ̃ভবন, ̃সদন n. the abode of death; the Hades; death's door. শমনসদনে যাওয়া v. to die. শমনসদনে প্রেরণ করা v. to kill; to send (one) to one's death. 57)

(p. 935) śabala dappled, variegated; brindled. fem. শবলা, শবলী । 53)

(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. 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. 949) śun̐ṭi a legume, a pod. 21)

(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. 939) śā, m̐śām̐i expressing: a fizzing or swishing or hissing sound. শাঁ-শাঁ, শাঁইশাঁই int. expressing: repetition of this sound; great speed. 47)

(p. 942) śāẏēra a short lyric poem (usu. composed in Urdu or Hindi), a Sayer. 29)

(p. 951) ślāghanīẏa, ślāghya praiseworthy, laudable, commendable; desirable. 129)

(p. 942) śāṇa a whetstone; a grindstone; (also শাণ-পাথর); whetting; edge, sharpness; শাণ দেওয়া v. to whet, to sharpen; (fig.) to stimulate; (fig.) to make poignant. ̃ওয়ালা n. a whetter, a sharpener. ̃পাথর n. a whetstone. শাণিত a. whetted, sharpened (শাণিত তরবারি); sharp; (fig.) stimulated (শাণিত ক্ষুদা); (fig.) poignant, cutting to the quick (শাণিত তিরস্কার). 3)

(p. 939) śaśa, śaśaka the hare; the rabbit; the cony. শশধর n. the moon. শশবিষাণ, শশশৃঙ্গ n. (lit.) a hare's horn; an absurdity, a mare's nest. শশব্যস্ত a. frantically hurrying (esp. through fear). শশব্যস্তে adv. hurrying frantically. 32)

(p. 944) śikṣita educated; instructed; trained. fem. শিক্ষিতা । সম্প্রদায় n. the educated class; the intelligentsia. 37)

(p. 944) śāsaka a subduer; a ruler, a governor; an administrator (fem. administratrix); a controller, a repressor; one who enjoins; a discipliner, a chastiser, a chastener. জেলা-শাসক n. a district magistrate. ̃মণ্ডলী n. the governing body, the administrative body, the administration; the government. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the ruling class. 11)