(p. 1007) sāra the best or excellent part; duramen, heart-wood; sap (of a tree); film or cream (of milk); marrow (of bone); pith; essence; extract; inner significance, gist; substance, abstract; spirit, vigour, manure, fertilizer; (only) worth. (কথামাত্র সার). a. best, excellent; essential; real or true or inner. সার করা v. to have recourse to something on considering it the sole object of pursuit; to regard something as the best or sole object. সার বোঝা v. to regard something as the best or sole object; to form an unalterable and final conviction. সার দেওয়া v. to manure. উদ্ভিজ্জ সার vegetable manure. খনিজ সার mineral manure. প্রানিজ সার, প্রাণী-সার animal manure. মিশ্র সার n. compost. ̃কথা (lit.) essential words; substance; gist; sum and substance. ̃কুড়, ̃গাদা, ̃ডোবা n. a dunghill, a manure-pit. ̃গর্ভ a. having an inner significance or import; rich in content; substantial. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a manual, a vade-mecum. ̃নিবন্ধ n. an abstract register. ̃বত্তা n. substantiality; real worth. ̃বান a. full of substance, substantial; rich in duramen, sappy; pithy; fertile. ̃ভূত a. abstracted into or reduced to substance only; (loos.) substantial; best, picked. ̃মাটি n. marl. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. pithless, sapless; unsubstantial. ̃সংক্ষেপ n. substance, summary; a precis; essence; see also সারাংশ । ̃সংগ্রহ, ̃সংকলন n. collection or compilation of the substantial or best specimens or of the pick; an abstract; an anthology of the best things. 41)
