(p. 944) śirōdēśa the region of the head; the head, the crown; top. 73)

(p. 935) śakarakhanda the sweet potato, the yam. 10)

(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)

(p. 942) śālagama turnip. 41)

(p. 935) śamīdhānya any leguminous grain, pulse, bean etc. 60)

(p. 951) śēkha (Mus.) a Sheik(h). 32)

(p. 951) śūpakāra (loos.) a cook. 21)

(p. 949) śun̐ṭaki (of fish) preserved by seasoning and drying in the sun; emaciated and shrivelled up (শুঁটকি চেহারা). n. dried and seasoned fish. 20)

(p. 951) śōṣa dryness; juiceless or sapless state; (med.) consumption; (med.) sinus. a. dried up within (শোষ মূলো). 81)

(p. 935) śaba, śabadēha a dead body, a corpse. শবদাহ, শবদাহন n. cremation. শবদাহ করা v. to burn a dead body, to cremate. শবদাহক n. one who cremates, a cremator. শবদাহনচুল্লি n. a cremator; an incinerator.শবদাহস্হান n. a crematorium. শবপরীক্ষা n. post-mortem; autopsy. শবপরীক্ষা করা v. to make a post-mortem of, to autopsy. শবব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dissect a dead body. শবযাত্রা n. a funeral procession শবযান n. a bier. শবসত্কার n. obsequies, funeral rites; cremation. শবসত্কার করা v. to perform the obsequies of; to cremate. শবসাধনা n. a form of mystical rite or religious meditation performed by sitting upon a dead body in a crematorium usu. on a new-moon night; (fig.) a dreadful endeavour to achieve something. শবাকার a. corpselike; looking like a corpse. শবাগার n. a morgue. শবাচ্ছাদন-বস্ত্র n. shroud; a winding-sheet; dead-clothes. শবাধার n. a bier. শবানুগমন করা v. to follow a corpse to the funeral place. শবানুগামী, শবানুযাত্রী n. one who follows a corpse to the funeral place, a mourner. শবাসন n. a posture of yogic exercise in which one lies still with the face up. শবাসনা a. fem. mounted upon a corpse. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). 51)

(p. 944) śālmali, śālmalī the silk-cotton tree; a mythological island. 8)

(p. 935) śakunta the bird; the vulture. ̃লা n. fem. one who has been protected by a bird. 16)

(p. 951) śōbhana beautiful, lovely; comely, debonair; graceful; elegant; decorous; decent; becoming. fem. শোভনা । শোভনীয় a. becoming. 70)

(p. 944) śāhi (Mus.) royal (শাহি বাগ). 24)

(p. 951) śrāddha a respectful and well-wishing offering to the manes, obsequies, sraddha; (sarcas.) extravagant use or spending, waste; (কথার শ্রাদ্ধ, টাকার শ্রাদ্ধ); (rather vul.) tremendous persecution or utter ruin; vituperation; (sl.) an undesirable affair. শ্রাদ্ধ করা v. to perform one's sraddha ceremony; (sarcas.) to use or spend extravagantly; to waste, (rather vul.) to persecute tremendously or ruin utterly; to revile. শ্রাদ্ধ খাওয়া v. to partake of the feast given on the occasion of a sraddha ceremony. শ্রাদ্ধ গড়াবে v. (sl.) the (undesirable) affair will go a long way. ̃কার্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. (performance of) obsequies or sraddha. ̃শান্তি n. sraddha and similar other rites so that the manes enjoy blessed peace. 109)