(p. 951) śēla a sharp-pointed mythological missile. ̃সম a. like the aforesaid missile; as painful or fatal as a stroke of the aforesaid missile. বুকে শেলসম বাজা to cut (a person) to the heart. 42)

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

(p. 951) śauca, śaucakarma, śaucakriẏā purity; sanctity; scriptural cleansing or purification of one's body and mind; washing or cleansing of one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels. শৌচ করা v. to wash or cleanse one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels; to cleanse or purify scripturally one's body and mind; to sanctify. শৌচাগার n. a latrine, a lavatory, a toilet. 89)

(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. 935) śakaḍ়i that which has come in contact with cooked food or with the leavings of one's meal. 8)

(p. 951) śaukhina given to niceties; given to luxury, luxurious; having refined or delicate taste; dainty; fancy (শৌখিন জিনিস = fancy goods). ̃তা n. luxuriousness; inclination to niceties; possession of refined or delicate taste; daintiness. 88)

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

(p. 951) śuśani cress(es). 12)

(p. 951) śōhinī an Indian musical mode. 87)

(p. 951) śailēẏa hill-grown. n. a fragrant resin, benzoin, storax. 53)

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

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

(p. 935) śamita allayed; subsided; repressed, restrained; calmed; quelled. 59)

(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. 939) śarabha a kind of deer or antelope; a mythological octopod stronger even than the lion; a young elephant; a kind of corn-pest; the locust; the grasshopper. 12)