(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. 935) śakta1 capable, able, fit for work (শক্তসমর্থ = hardy); strong, powerful; efficient; hard to win over or deceive (শক্ত ব্যবসায়ী). 17)

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

(p. 951) śōnā to hear; to listen (to); to obey (কথা শোনা); to comply with; to pay heed to. a. that which has been heard or listened to; heard or learnt from others (শোনা কথা). ̃নো v. to make one hear; to inform or tell; to cause to obey; to cause to pay heed to. গান শোনানো v. to sing (one) a song. ̃মাত্র adv. immediately on hearing, directly upon hearing. 69)

(p. 951) śōdharānō to rectify or be rectified; to correct or be corrected; to mind one's ways. 66)

(p. 951) śrōtrī of শ্রোতা । 126)

(p. 949) śīla nature; natural disposition; character; conduct, behaviour, manners; practice. a. (used as a sfx.) natured, disposed to (দয়াশীল); practising (দানশীল). fem. a. শীলা । ̃পত্র n. a character-certificate. ̃ব্রত a. practising virtues, virtuous. 18)

(p. 951) śēṭha an upcountry merchant. 37)

(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. 944) śāha, śāh the title of the king of Persia, the Shah; a (Muslim) king. ̃জাদা n. (Mus.) a son of a king, a prince. ̃জাদি n. fem. a daughter of a king, a princess. 21)

(p. 935) śakha a capricious inclination or liking; a fancy; a hobby; a pursuit for amusement (শখের চাকরি); one's own accord or choice. শখ করা v. to incline to or choose or pursue capriciously or for amusement; to undertake or invite or choose voluntarily (শখ করে বিপদ ডাকা). 23)

(p. 942) śāẏēstā punished; subdued; chastened; corrected, rectified. শায়েস্তা করা v. to punish; to subdue; to chasten; to correct, to rectify. 30)

(p. 944) śikhara top; apex, vertex; summit; crest; a mountain-peak, a peak. 40)

(p. 942) śāẏinī of শায়ী । 27)

(p. 944) śilīmukha an arrow; the bee, the bumblebee, the wasp. 83)