(p. 949) śīrṇa lean, thin; emaciated. fem. শীর্ণা । ̃কায় a. lean-bodied. ̃তা n. thinness, leanness. 16)

(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) śailōtkṣēpa-bṛṣṭi (geog.) relief-rain. 54)

(p. 944) śika a thin metal rod; a window-bar (usu.) made of iron; a spit, a skewer. 27)

(p. 942) śādi (Mus.) marriage. শাদি করা v. to marry, to wed. 5)

(p. 944) śiṣṭa gentle, civil; polite, courteous, well-behaved, mannerly; good-natured; righteous; educated; elegant, chaste (শিষ্ট ভাষা). ̃তা n. politeness, courteousness; civility; refinement, decorum; righteousness. ̃বায়ু n. residual air. শিষ্ট ব্যবহার same as শিষ্টাচার । শিষ্ট সম্ভাষণ n. polite or courteous address. শিষ্টাচার, শিষ্টাচরণ n. etiquette; civility, courtesy; polite or amiable behaviour. শিষ্টাচারবিরুদ্ধ a. in contrast with or opposed to good manners. শিষ্টাচারী a. observant of the rules of etiquette; civil, courteous; well-behaved; amiable. 92)

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

(p. 935) śakha a capricious inclination or liking; a fancy; a hobby; a pursuit for amusement (শখের চাকরি); one's own accord or choice. শখ করা v. to incline to or choose or pursue capriciously or for amusement; to undertake or invite or choose voluntarily (শখ করে বিপদ ডাকা). 23)

(p. 942) śālagrāma, śālagrāma-śilā a black-geode worshipped as the symbol of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). 42)

(p. 935) śakāri the enemy or subduer of the Shakas (শক). 13)

(p. 951) śaukhina given to niceties; given to luxury, luxurious; having refined or delicate taste; dainty; fancy (শৌখিন জিনিস = fancy goods). ̃তা n. luxuriousness; inclination to niceties; possession of refined or delicate taste; daintiness. 88)

(p. 951) śērōẏāni a kind of long coat worn by men. 40)

(p. 935) śaṭi, śaṭī zedoary. শটি ফুড n. pulverized zedoary taken as food. 33)

(p. 951) śōẏā to lie down, to go to bed; to sleep. শুয়ে পড়া v. to lie down; to go to bed; to lie prostrate. ̃নো v. to cause to lie down; to lay down; to force to lie prostrate; to cause to succumb. ̃বসা n. (fig.) deportment, bearing; (fig.) act of living with another as neighbours or in the same society; (fig.) social intercourse. ̃বসা করা v. to live with another as neighbours or in the same society; to have social intercourse with. 76)

(p. 935) śaba, śabadēha a dead body, a corpse. শবদাহ, শবদাহন n. cremation. শবদাহ করা v. to burn a dead body, to cremate. শবদাহক n. one who cremates, a cremator. শবদাহনচুল্লি n. a cremator; an incinerator.শবদাহস্হান n. a crematorium. শবপরীক্ষা n. post-mortem; autopsy. শবপরীক্ষা করা v. to make a post-mortem of, to autopsy. শবব্যবচ্ছেদ করা v. to dissect a dead body. শবযাত্রা n. a funeral procession শবযান n. a bier. শবসত্কার n. obsequies, funeral rites; cremation. শবসত্কার করা v. to perform the obsequies of; to cremate. শবসাধনা n. a form of mystical rite or religious meditation performed by sitting upon a dead body in a crematorium usu. on a new-moon night; (fig.) a dreadful endeavour to achieve something. শবাকার a. corpselike; looking like a corpse. শবাগার n. a morgue. শবাচ্ছাদন-বস্ত্র n. shroud; a winding-sheet; dead-clothes. শবাধার n. a bier. শবানুগমন করা v. to follow a corpse to the funeral place. শবানুগামী, শবানুযাত্রী n. one who follows a corpse to the funeral place, a mourner. শবাসন n. a posture of yogic exercise in which one lies still with the face up. শবাসনা a. fem. mounted upon a corpse. n. Goddess Kali (কালী). 51)