(p. 944) śithāna the place or position at the head of a person lying; a pillow. 53)

(p. 951) śruti hearing; audition; the ear; hearsay (জনশ্রুতি); a myth; a legend; mythology; legends collectively; the Vedas; (mus.) a subtle note that is heard at the time of changing the voice from one note to another, (cp.) a quarter-tone. ̃কটু, ̃কঠোর a. grating on ears, harsh to hear, grating, jarring; cacophonous, cacophonic. ̃গোচর a. coming within the range of hearing, audible. ̃নাট্য n. a drama that is enjoyed not by seeing it acted but by listening to it. ̃ধর a. capable of remembering whatever one hears. n. such a person. ̃পথ n. the ear-hole; the range of hearing, earshot. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃মূল n. the root or base of the ear. ̃লিখন n. act of writing to dictation; shorthand writing, stenography. ̃লিপি n. a script written to dictation or by shorthand. ̃লেখক n. a writer taking dictation; a shorthand writer, a stenographer. ̃সুখকর a. pleasant to hear. 115)

(p. 949) śītkāra hissing sound (indicating sudden sensation of pleasure). 14)

(p. 942) śābāna the eighth month of the Muslim calendar. 14)

(p. 939) śaẏatāna Satan, the Devil; a very wicked person, a rogue, a devil; (in endearment) a naughty fellow. শয়তানি1 n. extreme wickedness, roguery, devilishness, devilry; (in endearment) mischievousness. শয়তানি2 n. fem. of শয়তান । শয়তানি করা v. to do damage or harm to, to play the devil (with). Satanic; devilish; (in endearment) mischievous. 2)

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

(p. 951) śraddhēẏa reverend, venerable. fem. শ্রদ্ধেয়া । 105)

(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. 944) śiṅāra the dress or dressing of lovers going to meet. 47)

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

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

(p. 939) śasya corn, grain; (loos.) cereals; crop; harvest; kernel (of fruits), pulp; (bot.) albumen. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a corn-field. শস্য পেষণ করা v. to grind corn; to husk. শস্যপেষণ-যন্ত্র n. a corn-mill; a huskingmachine. ̃ভাণ্ডার n. a granary. ̃ভোজী a. feeding on corn, graminivorous; (of cornpests) destroying crop by eating it up. ̃মঞ্জরি n. a corn-stalk. ̃ল a. abounding in corn; (of fruits) full of kernel, pulpy; (bot.) albuminous. ̃শালী a. abounding in corn. fem. ̃শালিনী । ̃শ্যামল a. green with plentiful corn. fem. ̃শ্যামলা । শস্য সংগ্রহ করা v. to harvest; to procure corn esp. cereals. শস্যসংগ্রহের কাল harvest time, harvest. শস্যাগার n. a granary; a grange. শস্যাধার n. a corn-bin. 43)

(p. 944) śila a stone slab or flat mortar for grinding spices (শিলনোড়া); hailstone, hail; a flat stone for sharpening tools, (cp.) a grindstone. ̃নোড়া n. the mortar and the pestle. শিল পড়া v. to hail. শিল পড়ছে it hails. 80)

(p. 939) śāṅkara of Shankar (শঙ্কর) or Shiva (শিব); made or propounded by Shankaracharya (শাঙ্কর ভাষ্য). 57)