(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. 944) śikha Sikhs; a Sikh. 38)

(p. 944) śāśbata eternal; everlasting, perpetual; immortal. fem. শাশ্বতী । 10)

(p. 935) śambuka, śambūka the snail. ̃গতি n. snail-like pace or movement; (fig.) procrastination, sluggishness, slowness. a. snail-paced; snail-slow; sluggish, slow. 62)

(p. 951) śōdhākṣama insolvent. শোধাক্ষমতা n. insolvency. 67)

(p. 949) śītādhikya excess of cold. 10)

(p. 951) śōṣaṇa absorption; act of drying up; suction; (fig.) extortion. শোষণ করা v. to absorb; to dry up; to suck in; (fig.) to extort. 84)

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

(p. 944) śirōpā a turban of honour awarded by a prince etc.; a reward. 75)

(p. 944) śisa, śis a whistling sound made by contracting one's lips, a whistle; a sweet short note (as of birds). শিস দেওয়া v. to whistle.

(p. 944) śiuli2 a man whose profession it is to incise the date-palm in order to obtain its juice. 25)

(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. 944) śiñjana, śiñjita1 the sound of the dancer's anklets or similar things. 49)

(p. 951) śuśrūṣā nursing (of the sick). শুশ্রূষা করা v. to nurse. ̃কারী n. a male nurse. a. nursing. fem. ̃কারিণী n. a nurse; a (nursing) sister. 14)

(p. 942) śāla4 a large gregarious tree, the sal, the Shorea robusta; its timber; a large tubular river-fish. 40)