(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. 951) śruta heard; famous, celebrated. ̃কীর্তি a. one whose deeds or feats have become widely famous. ̃ধর, ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি, ̃লেখক same as শ্রুতিধর, শ্রুতিলিখন, শ্রুতিলিপি, শ্রুতিলেখক (see শ্রুতি). 114)

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

(p. 935) śakadbīpa Scythia. 9)

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

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

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

(p. 951) śuru commencement, beginning; start; inception. শুরু করা বা হওয়া v. to commence, to begin; to start. শুরু থেকে শেষ from beginning to end. 9)

(p. 942) śālati a dugout made of the trunk of a sal tree. 43)

(p. 951) śaibalinī a river. 47)

(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)

(p. 935) śakya capable of being done. ̃তা n. practicability, feasibility; capability. 21)

(p. 951) śōṇita blood. ̃ধারা n. a stream or flow of blood; (loos.) blood-circulation. ̃কণা, ̃কণিকা n. a small drop of blood; (anat.) a blood-corpuscle. ̃পাত n. bloodshed; haemorrhage. শোণিতপায়ী প্রাণী a blood-sucker. ̃পিপাসা n. bloodthirstiness. ̃পিপাসু a. bloodthirsty. ̃প্রবাহ same as ̃ধারা । ̃মোক্ষণ n. (med.) blood-letting. ̃রঞ্জিত a. smeared with blood, bloodstained, bloodbespotted, bloody. ̃শিরা n. a vein; an artery. ̃শোষণ n. act of sucking in others' blood; (fig.) extortion. ̃স্নান n. blood-bath. স্রাব n. haemorrhage. শোণিতাক্ত same as ̃রঞ্জিত । 60)

(p. 951) śēkhara a crown, a diadem, a coronet; a chaplet; a peak, a crest, a summit. 33)