(p. 951) śmaśāna, śmaśānapurī, śmaśānabhūmi a crematorium, a crematory, a cremationground; (fig.) a deserted and cheerless place, house etc. শ্মশানে পরিণত করা v. to turn into or reduce to a cheerless desert. শ্মশানকালী n. Goddess Kali (কালী), the presiding deity of crematoria. শ্মশানচারী a. roaming or living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানচারিণী । শ্মশানবন্ধু n. one who accompanies or carries a dead body to the crematorium. শ্মশানবাসী a. living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানবাসিনী । শ্মশানবৈরাগ্য n. the perception of transitoriness of the world, with which the mind of a visitor to a crematorium becomes imbued for a while; (fig.) sham distaste or aversion for the world just before death. 99)

(p. 942) śānta peaceful, quiet, tranquil; satisfied, gratified; appeased, pacified, calmed, quietened; composed; allayed; calm; gentle, mild. শান্ত করা v. to satisfy; to gratify; to appease, to pacify, to calm; to quieten. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. having a calm or quiet disposition; mild-tempered. ̃দান্ত a. mild and temperate. ̃প্রকৃতি a. gentle-natured; having a calm disposition. ̃বলয় n. (geog.) a belt or region of calms. ̃ভাব n. mental calm or tranquillity. ̃মূর্তি a. having a tranquil appearance. ̃রস n. (rhet.) the tranquil or calm sentiment. ̃শিষ্ট a. gentle and polite. ̃স্বভাব same as ̃প্রকৃতি । 9)

(p. 944) śilpa artistry; a work of art; a craft, a handicraft; arts and crafts; a technical art; an industry; fine arts. শিল্প অধিকর্তা n. the Director of Industries. ̃কর্ম n. a work of art; a handicraft; artistry. ̃কলা n. fine arts. ̃কলাবিত্ a. versed in fine arts. ̃কার same as শিল্পী । ̃কুশল a. skilled in handicraft or in artistic work. ̃কৌশল, নৈপুণ্য n. artistic skill; artistry; the method or technique of a work of art; technical skill. ̃জাত a. manufactured, industrial. ̃প্রদর্শনী n. an art exhibition; an industrial exhibition. ̃বিদ্যা n. a technical or industrial art; a craft; a handicraft; a fine art. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. an industrial or technical school; a school of fine arts, an art school. ̃বিধি n. an industrial act; a rule of art. ̃মন্ত্রক n. the ministry of industry. ̃যন্ত্র n. a machine. ̃যান্ত্রিক n. an industrial engineer. ̃যোজন a. industrialization. ̃শালা n. a workshop, a manufactory; a smithy; a studio, an atelier; a museum of arts and crafts. শিল্পায়ন n. industrialisation. শিল্পালয় n. an art institute. শিল্পিক a. artistic. শিল্পী n. an artist, a fine artist; an artisan; a handicraftsman (fem. handicraftswoman); (rare) an industrial or technical worker. 84)

(p. 951) śrēṣṭhā greatest; chief, principal; best, excellent; (pop.) greater or better, superior. fem. শ্রেষ্ঠা । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. the state of being the greatest or chief or best or excellent; superiority or pre-eminence. 118)

(p. 951) śrabaṇa hearing; listening (to); audition; the ear. শ্রবণ করা v. to hear; to listen (to); give an audition. ̃গোচর a. coming within the range of hearing, audible. ̃পথ n. the ear; hearing. ̃বহির্ভূত same as ̃শ্রবণাতীত । ̃বিবর n. the earhole. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃যোগ্য a. worth listening to, fit to hear; audible. ̃সুখকর a. pleasing to the ear. শ্রবণা n. the twenty-second of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. শ্রবণাতীত a. incapable of being heard, inaudible. শ্রবণীয় same as শ্রব্য । শ্রবণেন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of hearing, the ear. 106)

(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. 951) śruti hearing; audition; the ear; hearsay (জনশ্রুতি); a myth; a legend; mythology; legends collectively; the Vedas; (mus.) a subtle note that is heard at the time of changing the voice from one note to another, (cp.) a quarter-tone. ̃কটু, ̃কঠোর a. grating on ears, harsh to hear, grating, jarring; cacophonous, cacophonic. ̃গোচর a. coming within the range of hearing, audible. ̃নাট্য n. a drama that is enjoyed not by seeing it acted but by listening to it. ̃ধর a. capable of remembering whatever one hears. n. such a person. ̃পথ n. the ear-hole; the range of hearing, earshot. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃মূল n. the root or base of the ear. ̃লিখন n. act of writing to dictation; shorthand writing, stenography. ̃লিপি n. a script written to dictation or by shorthand. ̃লেখক n. a writer taking dictation; a shorthand writer, a stenographer. ̃সুখকর a. pleasant to hear. 115)

(p. 949) śuka the popinjay, the parrot. 26)

(p. 944) śirōmaṇi, śirōratna a jewel for the head; a title given to Sanskrit scholars; (fig.) an object of glory or reverence, a glorious or reverend person, an excellent person. 77)

(p. 951) śyāōlā lichen, moss; alga. 101)

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

(p. 944) śirani an oblation of sweets offered to deities or to the spirits of deceased holy persons. 67)

(p. 944) śikṣā learning; study; practice; education; teaching; instruction; a precept; a moral; a lesson; training; (sarcas.) a bitter lesson, punishment. শিক্ষা করা v. to learn; to study; to practise. শিক্ষা দেওয়া v. to teach; to educate; to school; to instruct; to train; (sarcas.) to reprove or punish severely, to teach one a lesson. শিক্ষা পাওয়া v. to receive instruction or training or education; (sarcas.) to receive reproof or punishment, to be taught a lesson. উচ্চশিক্ষা n. higher education. উচ্চমাধ্যমিকশিক্ষা higher secondary education. কলেজি শিক্ষা college education. কারিগরি শিক্ষা technical training. ̃অধিকর্তা n. the Director of Public Instruction, the Director of Education. ̃গুরু n. a teacher; a trainer, an instructor; a preceptor, a guru; an initiator. ̃গ্রহণ করা v. to receive education or training or instruction. ̃দাতা same as শিক্ষক fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃দান করা same as শিক্ষা দেওয়া । ̃দীক্ষা n. secular and regular education and training; education and culture. ̃ধিকার the Education Directorate. ̃ধীন a. under training, apprenticed; receiving education; studying (under), being taught (by). ̃নবিশ n. an apprentice; an understudy; a novice, a probationer. ̃নবিশি n. apprenticeship; noviciate, novitiate. ̃নবিশি করা v. to serve apprenticeship; to study under. ̃পর্ষত্ n. an education board. ̃পীঠ n. a seat of learning. ̃প্রণালী n. a system or method of education or teaching or training. ̃প্রদ a. educative; didactic; instructive. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. trained; educated. ̃বিভাগ n. the Education Department. ̃বিস্তার n. spread of education. বিস্তার করা v. to spread education. ̃ব্রতী n. an educationist; one who has dedicated his life to the cause of education. ̃মন্ত্রক n. the Ministry of Education. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the Minister of Education. ̃মূলক a. educational. ̃র্থী a. desirous of learning; seeking education or instruction or training. n. a learner; a student, a pupil; an apprentice, an understudy, a novice; a trainee. ̃লাভ কর same as শিক্ষা পাওয়া । ̃সংস্কার n. educational reforms. ̃সচিব n. an education secretary. ̃সমিতি n. a council of education. ̃সম্বন্ধীয় a. educational. 35)

(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. 939) śarbāṇī the wife of Sharba (শর্ব); Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 24)