(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. 944) śāsya governable; administrable; controllable; repressible; disciplinable; chastisable; punishable. 20)

(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) śrōtra the ear; the Vedas. 124)

(p. 951) śōṣita absorbed; dried up; sucked in; (fig.) subjected to extortion. 85)

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

(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)

(p. 951) śaibāla lichen, moss; alga (pl. algae). 48)

(p. 951) śailōtkṣēpa-bṛṣṭi (geog.) relief-rain. 54)

(p. 949) śudhā1 to repay, to pay back.

(p. 935) śakta1 capable, able, fit for work (শক্তসমর্থ = hardy); strong, powerful; efficient; hard to win over or deceive (শক্ত ব্যবসায়ী). 17)

(p. 944) śālu a kind of red-coloured cotton fabric. 6)

(p. 935) śajāru the porcupine. 31)

(p. 951) śuruẏā soup. 10)

(p. 949) śuddha faultless; flawless; immaculate; clean; pure; purified; rectified, holy, sacred; sanctified, consecrated; virtuous; chaste; genuine; unadulterated; correct, right (অন্কটি শুদ্ধ); mere, only (শুদ্ধ দুঃখ). adv. only, merely (শুদ্ধ একবস্ত্রে). শুদ্ধ করা v. to clean; to purify; to sanctify, to consecrate; to rectify, to correct; to amend. ̃তা n. correctness; flawlessness, faultlessness; purity; sacredness, holiness; chastity; genuineness. শুদ্ধ বর্ণালি (phys.) a pure spectrum. ̃চিত্ত, ̃মতি a. chaste or virtuous in mind, pure-hearted. ̃লেখ n. a fair copy. ̃সত্ত্ব a. pure-souled. শুদ্ধাচার n. practice of virtue or sanctity; virtuousness; sanctity; cleanliness. a. practising virtue or sanctity or cleanliness. শুদ্ধাচারিতা same as শুদ্ধাচার (n.). শুদ্ধাচারী a. same as শুদ্ধাচার (a.). fem. শুদ্ধাচারিণী । শুদ্ধাশুদ্ধ a. holy and profane; pure and impure; right and wrong; correct and incorrect. শুদ্ধি n. purification; purgation; sanctification, consecration; rectification, correction, amendment; reformation; purity; cleanliness; chastity; correctness; reclamation from evil, untouchability, social inferiority etc. শুদ্ধিপত্র n. list of errors attached to a book, errata, corrigenda. 37)