(p. 951) śudhu empty (শুধু হাতে); bare (শুধু চোখে); mere, only (শুধু জল). adv. merely, simply, only (শুধু হাসছে). শুধু শুধু adv. for nothing (শুধু শুধু মার খাওয়া); in vain (শুধু শুধু চেষ্টা করা). 2)

(p. 951) śūnya (math.) zero; cipher; nothing; the sky; an open or empty place, space, (the) void; inexistence; absence. a. destitute of, devoid of (জনশূন্য বুদ্ধিশূন্য); vacant; empty; stoical, indifferent. in comp. (used as a sfx.) -less (গৃহশূন্য = homeless). ̃কুম্ভ n. an empty pitcher; (fig.—dero.) a man of no worth or substance, a man of straw. ̃ক্রান্তি-রেখা n. (astr.) the aclinic line. ̃গর্ভ a. containing nothing within, empty; hollow; (fig.) unsubstantial or insincere (শূন্যগর্ভ কথা = empty words). ̃তা n. vacancy; emptiness; stoicism, indifference. ̃দৃষ্টি n. a vacant or blank look. ̃পথ an aerial route. ̃পানে adv. towards the sky. ̃বাদ n. the Buddhist doctrine which holds that the world has evolved out of nothing and will pass into nothing; atheism, nihilism. ̃বাদী a. Buddhistic, Buddhist; atheistical, atheistic; nihilistic. n. a Buddhist; an atheist; a nihilist. শূন্য মন n. a vacant or unoccupied mind; an indifferent or stocial mind. ̃মনে adv. in a vacant mood. ̃মার্গ n. aerial path; passage through the air. ̃যাত্রা n. a flight. ̃স্হান n. empty or vacant space; a blank; a gap. ̃হস্ত a. empty-handed; financially hard up, broke; not carrying any weapon. ̃হস্তে adv. empty-handedly; without (having any) money; without carrying any weapon. ̃হাত same as ̃হস্ত । ̃করণ n. act of making empty; evacuation. শূন্যীকৃত a. emptied; evacuated. 20)

(p. 944) śilībhūta fossilized; petrified. 82)

(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. 944) śiṅāḍ়ā a kind of stuffed snack shaped almost like a fruit of the water-chestnut. 46)

(p. 935) śakāra-bakāra filthy words beginning with শ and ব; filthy revilings or abusive language. 12)

(p. 935) śambara a kind of antelope with branched horns; a mythological demon. শম্বরারি n. the enemy or slayer of Shambar (শম্বর) the demon; Madana (মদন) the Hindu love-god. 61)

(p. 951) śrābaṇa1 the fourth month of the Bengali calendar. ধারা-শ্রাবণ n. Shrabana (শ্রাবণ) the month of incessant rain or ceaseless downpour. 111)

(p. 951) śunaśāna without a noise, completely silent. n. complete silence. 3)

(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. 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. 949) śun̐kā to smell. a. smelled, smelt. শুঁকানো v. to cause to smell. 19)

(p. 949) śītāṃśu the moon. 8)

(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. 944) śikhipuccha a peacock's tail. 43)