(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. 951) śōdhana purification; sanctification, consecration; clearing or refining; rectification; amendment, correction; revision; reclamation; reformation; repayment; payment; acquittance. শোধন করা v. to purify; to sanctify, to consecrate; to cleanse or refine; to rectify; to amend, to correct; to revise; to reform. শোধনী a. fem. same as শোধক । শোধনীয় a. to be or capable of being purified or sanctified or consecrated or cleansed or refined or rectified or corrected or reformed or repaid or paid. 65)

(p. 939) śaṣpa young or tender grass. ̃শয্যা n. bed of grass. শষ্পাবৃত a. covered with tender grass. 41)

(p. 942) śāmalā1 (ori. fem.) of greenish black colour or complexion. 17)

(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. 944) śikṣaka a teacher; a tutor (fem. tutoress, tutress); a professor; a trainer, an instructor (fem. instructress); a preceptor (fem. preceptress). ̃তা n. teachership; tutorage, tutorship; professorship; the profession of a teacher. শিক্ষকতা করা v. to work or act as a teacher, to teach. ̃সমিতি n. a teachers' council. 32)

(p. 944) śāhānā an Indian musical mode. 23)

(p. 939) śallakī the porcupine. 31)

(p. 949) śīkara a very fine particle of rain flying in air; a drop of water. 5)

(p. 939) śāṭina satin.

(p. 951) śrōtra the ear; the Vedas. 124)

(p. 942) śābaka, śāba a young of a bird or beast. কুক্কুটশাবক n. a chicken, a chick, a cockerel. কুকুরশাবক n. a puppy. নেকড়েশাবক n. a whelp of a wolf, a wolf-cub. মেষশাবক n. a lamb. 12)

(p. 939) śahara a town; a city. ̃কোতোয়াল n. the chief of city police. ̃তলি n. outskirts of a town or city, a suburb. ̃স্হ a. of or living in a town or city; urban. 44)

(p. 944) śāluka a stalk of the waterlily. 7)

(p. 951) ślatha loose, flaccid (শ্লথ চর্ম); dishevelled (শ্লথ করবী); blowsy (শ্লথ বেশবাস); slack, loose, loosened, slackened, relaxed (শ্লথ বন্ধন); not strict, lax (শ্লথ শাসন); tired, worn-out, fatigued শ্লথ দেহ); slow, tardy, slowed down, retarded (শ্লথগতি); not earnest or careful (সে পড়াশোনায় বড়ো শ্লথ). 128)