(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) śrōtā a hearer; a listener. 122)

(p. 951) śēphāli, śēphālī, śēphālikā the horsinghar, a white fragrant autumnal flower; its tree. 38)

(p. 942) śālaniryāsa resin. 44)

(p. 939) śahara a town; a city. ̃কোতোয়াল n. the chief of city police. ̃তলি n. outskirts of a town or city, a suburb. ̃স্হ a. of or living in a town or city; urban. 44)

(p. 949) śiharā, śiharānō to have a thrill; to horripilate, to have goose-flesh; to shiver or shudder. 3)

(p. 951) śrauta enjoined or sanctioned in the Vedas, Vedic. 127)

(p. 951) śuśani cress(es). 12)

(p. 951) śōdhita purified; sanctified, consecrated; cleansed, refined; rectified শোধিত কোহল; amended, corrected; revised; reclaimed; reformed; repaid; paid. 68)

(p. 935) śaka the Scythian race; a Scythian; an era introduced in 78 A.D. (also শকাব্দ); any year (বাংলা শক). 5)

(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)

(p. 944) śikhaṇḍa, śikhaṇḍaka a peacock's tail; a tuft of hair on the head maintained uncut as by Brahmans. শিখণ্ডী n. the peacock; a character of the Mahabharata; (fig.) one from behind whose cover some misdeed is done. 39)

(p. 942) śābda relating to sounds or words; acoustic; phonetical; philological. শাব্দিক a. same as শাব্দ । n. one versed in acoustics; a phonetician; a philologist; a grammarian; a lexicographer. 16)

(p. 944) śirōruha hair growing on one's head. 79)

(p. 951) śōharata announcement, proclamation. ঢোল-শহরত n. proclamation by beat of drums. 86)