(p. 944) śiṅi, śiṅgi a scaleless and slender fresh-water fish akin to the barbel. 48)

(p. 939) śākhā a branch of a tree, a bough; a ramus (pl. rami); a section, a part, a subordinate division, a branch; an offshoot. ̃কন্টক n. a thorn. ̃কলম n. (bot.) a cutting. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen or detached from a branch or bough. ̃নদী n. a tributary. শাখান্তরাল n. a position screened off by the branches of a tree. ̃প্রশাখা n. pl. branches and twigs (of a tree); rami and ramuli; ramifications, sections and sub-sections; offshoots large and small. ̃বিন্যাস n. (bot.) branching, ramification. ̃মৃগ. n. a ramal animal; the monkey; the ape. 54)

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

(p. 951) ślaiṣmika mucous; catarrhal, rheumatic; phlegmatic. শৈষ্মিক ঝিল্লী the mucous membrane. 136)

(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) śirani an oblation of sweets offered to deities or to the spirits of deceased holy persons. 67)

(p. 949) śujani a diapered bedcover. 35)

(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. 949) śukra (astr.) the Venus; the vesper; sperm, semen; the preceptor of daityas (দৈত্য) (usu. শুক্রাচার্য). ̃তারল্য n. spermatorrhoea, involuntary seminal discharge. ̃বার, ̃বাসর n. Friday. শুক্রাণু n. spermatozoid. 31)

(p. 951) śrēṣṭhī a merchant prince; a merchant; a banker; an opulent man. 119)

(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) śā, m̐śām̐i expressing: a fizzing or swishing or hissing sound. শাঁ-শাঁ, শাঁইশাঁই int. expressing: repetition of this sound; great speed. 47)

(p. 939) śarba Shiva (শিব). 22)

(p. 939) śāka any edible herb or creeper, spinach, spinage. শাক দিয়ে মাছ ঢাকা (fig.) a ludicrous and futile attempt at concealing a detestable offence. ̃ভাত same as শাকান্ন । ̃পাতা n. pl. edible herbs, creepers and leaves collectively; (fig.) extremely poor food. ̃সবজি n. edible herbs, creepers, fruits and roots collectively; vegetables, greens. ̃সবজির খেত a kitchen garden. শাকান্ন n. (lit.) a dish of only rice and spinach; (fig.) very poor or simple food. শাকাহারী n. a person subsisting on lean vegetarian diet. 50)

(p. 951) śrēẏa good; weal; welfare; benefit; virtue; religion; final salvation, beatitude. a. good; beneficial; auspicious; proper; best, excellent; (pop.) preferable, better, superior. ̃সী fem. of শ্রেয়ান । ̃স্কর a. doing good (to), beneficial. fem. ̃স্করী । শ্রেয়ান a. better; superior; more beneficial; (loos.) good, excellent, beneficial. শ্রেয়োলাভ n. attainment of good or virtue or final salvation. 117)