(p. 935) śamīdhānya any leguminous grain, pulse, bean etc. 60)

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

(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) śōdhaka purifying; sanctifying; consecratory; cleansing, refining; rectifying; corrective; reformative; repaying; paying. 64)

(p. 939) śākhī having branches, branched, ramose. n. a tree. 55)

(p. 951) śaithilya looseness, flaccidity; dishevelled or blowsy state; slackness; laxness; tiredness, fatigue; slowness, tardiness; absence of earnestness or carefulness. 45)

(p. 939) śahida a martyr. শহিদ হওয়া v. to be martyred. ̃ত্ব n. martyrdom. 45)

(p. 935) śaṇa hemp (plant or fibre); flax (plant or fibre). শণে তৈরি a. hempen; flaxen. শণের নুড়ি (lit.) a sheaf of fibres of flax; (fig.) grey hair. 35)

(p. 935) śaṃsita praised, complimented. 4)

(p. 944) śirōdēśa the region of the head; the head, the crown; top. 73)

(p. 951) śyāma cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottlegreen; green; dark-coloured; jet black; having a dark yet very sweet complexion, (cp.) brunet (fem. brunette). n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). শ্যাম রাখি কি কুল রাখি to have to choose between one's lover and infamy on the one hand and one's husband and good name on the other; (fig.) to be between the horns of a dilemma. ̃কান্তি a. having a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃বর্ণ n. cloudlike colour; dark blue or bottle-green colour; green or dark colour; jet black colour; dark yet very sweet complexion. a. same as শ্যাম (a.). ̃ল (poet.) ̃র a. same as শ্যাম (a.). fem.শ্যামলা । শ্যামলা বসুন্ধরা the (mother) earth green with crops and vegetation. ̃লতা, ̃লিমা n. the state of having cloud-like or dark blue or bottle-green or green or dark colour or a dark yet very sweet complexion. ̃লী a. (loos.) fem. of ̃ল । n. a pet name for a dark-coloured cow. ̃সুন্দর n. Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); a small bird of the munia family, the blackheaded munia. ̃ক, শ্যামা1 variants of শ্যামাক । শ্যামা2 a. fem. of শ্যাম (a.). n. (rhet.) an uncommonly beautiful woman having a dazzlingly bright cream-coloured complexion, who is very pleasant to touch; Goddess Kali কালী; a song-bird of the thrush-family, the shama; an evergreen creeper. শ্যামাক n. a kind of wild paddy. শ্যামাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. fem. শ্যামাঙ্গ, শ্যামাঙ্গী, শ্যামাঙ্গিনী । শ্যামাপোকা n. a green-coloured winged insect found in late autumn. শ্যামায়মান a. getting dark, darkening, getting or becoming bottlegreen, or green. 102)

(p. 944) śāstā a ruler; a teacher, a preceptor; Gautama Buddha. 17)

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

(p. 939) śariẏata the Islamic scripture or law. 18)