(p. 1022) sūtra thread; yarn; fibre; a string; connection, a link (কর্মসূত্র); a tie, a bond (পরিণয়সূত্র); a series, a chain (চিন্তাসূত্র); a clue or trail (সন্ধানসূত্র); a brief hint or point (সমাধানের সূত্র); an aphorism (বেদান্তসূত্র); a rule, a law (ব্যাকরণের সূত্র); a summary introduction of a subjectmatter, an argument; (of dramas etc.) a prologue; introduction, commencement, beginning; (alg.) a formula (pl. formulae, formulas). ̃কার n. an aphoriser, an aphorist. ̃কৃমি n. a thread-worm; (erron.) Ascaris. ̃ধার n. a carpenter; a joiner; (in dramas) the chief actor who recites the prologue; (erron.—in a stage-play) a prompter. ̃পাত n. commencement, beginning. start, inception. সুত্রপাত করা বা হওয়া v. to commence, to begin.

(p. 1006) sābadhāna careful, cautious, on one's guard, on the alert, heedful. int. be careful, take care, be on guard. সাবধান করা v. to caution, to warn. সাবধানের মার নেই (fig.) safe bind safe find. সাবধানতা n. carefulness, cautiousness, alertness, heedfulness. সাবধানী a. same as সাবধান (a.). সাবধানে adv. carefully, cautiously. 17)

(p. 1015) sukhyāti good reputation; fame; praise. সুখ্যাতি করা v. to praise. 18)

(p. 974) sadarpa proud, boastful, arrogant, haughty. সদর্পে adv. proudly, boastfully, arrogantly, haughtily. 49)

(p. 1007) sābuda evidence, proof. a. proved, vindicated (সাবুদ করা); (vul.) rectified, corrected (মারের চোটে সাবুদ). সাবুদ করা v. to prove, to vindicate; to rectify, to correct. 3)

(p. 999) sātiśaẏa overmuch, excessive, exceeding; extreme. adv. overmuch, excessively, exceedingly; extremely. 88)

(p. 1035) sbajana one's own man; a kinsman (fem. a kinswoman), a relative; a relation; a member of one's own family or party; a friend; kith and kin. স্বজনী fem. of স্বজন in all senses, and—a confidante. ̃ত্যাগ n. disownment or desertion of one's own people. n. & a. one who has disowned or deserted one's own people. ˜ত্যাগী n. & a. one who has deserted or disowned one's own people. ˜পোষণ n. unduly favouring one's own people, nepotism. 27)

(p. 1004) sāndhya of evening. ̃তারা, ̃তারকা n. the evening-star, vesper. ̃দীপ n. an evening-lamp. ̃দৈনিক an evening newspaper, an evening news daily. ̃পরিচ্ছদ n. evening-dress. ̃বায়ু, ̃সমীরণ n. evening-breeze. ̃ভোজ n. a dinner; a supper. ̃ভ্রমণ n. eveningwalk. ̃সংগীত n. evening song. ̃সম্মিলনী, ̃সম্মেলন n. an evening-party. 33)

(p. 999) sāṭina satin. 76)

(p. 999) sādā white; grey; white-skinned (সাদা আদমি); free from angularities, candid, simple (সাদা মন); categorical, plain, unequivocal, downright (সাদা কথা); innocent (সাদা কাজ); having no coloured border or furbelow or flounce (সাদা ধুতি); unwritten, blank (সাদা কাগজ); unblurred; unintoxicated (সাদা চোখ). n. the white colour; the white-skinned people, the white race. সই করা সাদা কাগজ carte blanche. সাদাকে কালো এবং কালোকে সাদা করা (fig.) to misrepresent things or tell lies obviously and shamelessly, to lie in one's throat. ̃চামড়া n. white skin; the whiteskinned people. ̃টে a. whitish. সাদামাঠা, সাদামাটা, সাদাসিধা,, (coll.) সাদাসিধে a. free from angularities, candid, simple; simple-hearted, plain-living, ordinary; unostentatious, plain; categorical, unequivocal, downright, straight-cut; not crooked, honest; frank; straight; unornamented; bald, having no vicissitude, uninteresting; dull, drab. ̃সাপটা a. simple, plain; unostentatious. 94)

(p. 967) sakarmaka (gr.) transitive. সকর্মক ক্রিয়া (gr.) a transitive verb. 67)

(p. 963) saṅkucita curtailed; reduced; contracted; shrivelled; (phys.) compressed; closed or narrowed or shut; cowered (ভয়ে সংকুচিত); diffident, hesitating or hesitant. সংকুচিত করা v. to curtail or reduce or contract or shrivel; to compress; to close or shut or narrow; to cower. সংকুচিত হওয়া v. to be curtailed or reduced; to contract or shrivel; to get compressed; to draw back or to shrink; to cower or hesitate. 23)

(p. 974) sadanuṣṭhāna performance of a solemn rite; a good or charitable deed or work. 41)

(p. 980) sabismaẏa astonished, amazed, surprised, wondering. সবিস্ময়ে adv. amazedly, wonderingly. 66)

(p. 1007) sāẏana (astr.) declination; the equinox. 34)