(p. 951) śyāma cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottlegreen; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complexion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a dilemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloudlike colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complexion. a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল । n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the blackheaded munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-family, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottlegreen, or green. 102)

(p. 951) ślēṣa (rhet.) pun; (loos.) a ridicule hinted artfully, an irony, an insinuation. শ্লেষ করা v. to direct an ironical remark (at or against); to insinuate (against). শ্লেষোক্তি n. an ironical or insinuating or quibbling remark. 134)

(p. 944) śāsti punishment; a sentence (ভুল শাস্ত্রি); (fig.) severe affliction. শাস্তি দেওয়া v. to punish; to sentence; (fig.) to afflict. শাস্তি পাওয়া v. to be punished or sentenced; (fig.) to be afflicted. ̃বিধান n. infliction of punishment or penalty, administering punishment. ̃ব্যবস্হা n. punitive measures; provision for punishment. ̃মূলক a. punitive. 18)

(p. 949) śukla the white colour. a. white, hoary, grey (শুক্ল কেশ); bright, light; clean, clear; fair; pure. fem. a. শুক্লা । ̃তা n. whiteness. ̃তিথি n. any lunar day of the bright fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the bright fortnight. 32)

(p. 949) śukti, śuktikā nacre, abalone, ear-shell, oyster. শুক্তি-বীজ n. pearl. 30)

(p. 951) śunāni (law) a hearing. 4)

(p. 944) śāsya governable; administrable; controllable; repressible; disciplinable; chastisable; punishable. 20)

(p. 944) śiti white; black or blue. ̃কণ্ঠ n. one with a blue-coloured neck; Shiva (শিব); the peacock. 52)

(p. 935) śayyā a bed; bedding; a couch or cot. শয্যা তোলা v. to put up or put away a bed. শয্যা পাতা v. to make a bed. শয্যা নেওয়া v. to become bedridden; to lie down. ̃কণ্টকী, (loos.) ̃কণ্টক n. a malady in which one feels as if one's bed is a bed of thorns. ̃গত same as ̃শায়ী । ̃চ্ছাদন, ̃চ্ছাদনী n. a bedspread, a coverlet, a bedcover; a bedsheet. ̃পার্শ্ব n. bedside. ̃প্রান্ত n. the end of a bed. শয্যা রচনা করা v. to make a bed. ̃শায়ী a. bedridden, bedfast; lying down. fem. ̃শায়িনী । ̃সঙ্গী, ̃সহচর n. a bedfellow; a husband; a paramour (fem. ̃সঙ্গিনী, ̃সহচরী a concubine, a paramour).

(p. 935) śabara an ancient non-Aryan hunting community of India; a member of this community; a hunter. fem. শবরী । 52)

(p. 939) śara an arrow, a shaft, a dart; a reed. ̃ক্ষেপ বা ̃ক্ষেপণ বা ̃নিক্ষেপ করা v. to shoot an arrow. ̃জাল n. a meshy shower of arrows. ̃বন n. a reedhedge. ̃বর্ষণ n. a shower of arrows. ̃বর্ষণ করা v. to shower arrows (upon). ̃বিদ্ধ a. pierced or hit with an arrow. ̃বৃষ্টি n. a shower of arrows. ̃ব্য n. a target for arrow-shooting; a target. ̃শয্যা n. a number of arrows pierced through one's body in such a manner as to form a makeshift bed above the ground. ̃সন্ধান করা v. to plant an arrow on one's bow; to shoot an arrow; to aim an arrow (at). শরাঘাত n. a stroke of an arrow; a wound caused by an arrow. শরাঘাত করা v. to strike or wound with an arrow. শরাভ্যাস n. a practice of archery. শরাভ্যাস করা v. to practise archery. শরারোপণ করা v. to plant an arrow on a bow. শরাসন n. a bow (for shooting arrows). শরাহত a. struck or wounded with an arrow. 5)

(p. 939) śaśā the cucumber. 33)

(p. 935) śatābda, śatābdī a century. 40)

(p. 942) śāṇa a whetstone; a grindstone; (also শাণ-পাথর); whetting; edge, sharpness; শাণ দেওয়া v. to whet, to sharpen; (fig.) to stimulate; (fig.) to make poignant. ̃ওয়ালা n. a whetter, a sharpener. ̃পাথর n. a whetstone. শাণিত a. whetted, sharpened (শাণিত তরবারি); sharp; (fig.) stimulated (শাণিত ক্ষুদা); (fig.) poignant, cutting to the quick (শাণিত তিরস্কার). 3)

(p. 949) śuci pure; clean, immaculate; sanctified; holy; virtuous; white. ̃তা n. purity; cleanliness; immaculateness; sanctity; holiness; virtuousness; whiteness. আপাতশুচিতা a show of purity or sanctity or virtuousness or cleanliness; sanctimony. ̃বাই, ̃বায়ু n. a hysterical mania for cleanliness and sanctity. ̃বায়ুগ্রস্ত a. suffering from a hysterical mania for cleanliness and sanctity. ̃ব্রত a. practising sanctity and virtue; virtuous and holy. ̃শুভ্র a. bright with sanctity or virtuousness. ̃স্মিত a. having a pure or bright smile. fem. ̃স্মিতা । 34)