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

(p. 951) śōṣaṇa absorption; act of drying up; suction; (fig.) extortion. শোষণ করা v. to absorb; to dry up; to suck in; (fig.) to extort. 84)

(p. 951) śruta heard; famous, celebrated. ̃কীর্তি a. one whose deeds or feats have become widely famous. ̃ধর, ̃লিখন, ̃লিপি, ̃লেখক same as শ্রুতিধর, শ্রুতিলিখন, শ্রুতিলিপি, শ্রুতিলেখক (see শ্রুতি). 114)

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

(p. 942) śāẏita lying down; laid down; prostrate; lying or fallen flat; knocked down. fem. শায়িতা । 26)

(p. 944) śithāna the place or position at the head of a person lying; a pillow. 53)

(p. 944) śibā the vixen; (loos.) the fox. 55)

(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) śunaśāna without a noise, completely silent. n. complete silence. 3)

(p. 949) śītārta stricken with cold; shivering with cold; over-sensitive to cold. 12)

(p. 939) śāka any edible herb or creeper, spinach, spinage. শাক দিয়ে মাছ ঢাকা (fig.) a ludicrous and futile attempt at concealing a detestable offence. ̃ভাত same as শাকান্ন । ̃পাতা n. pl. edible herbs, creepers and leaves collectively; (fig.) extremely poor food. ̃সবজি n. edible herbs, creepers, fruits and roots collectively; vegetables, greens. ̃সবজির খেত a kitchen garden. শাকান্ন n. (lit.) a dish of only rice and spinach; (fig.) very poor or simple food. শাকাহারী n. a person subsisting on lean vegetarian diet. 50)

(p. 935) śakadbīpa Scythia. 9)

(p. 951) śubhra white; grey, hoary (শুভ্র কেশ); incandescent, bright (শুভ্র আলোক); (fig.) pure, unblemished, chaste, virtuous (শুভ্র মন). fem. শুভ্রা । শুভ্রতা n. whiteness; (fig.) purity. 7)

(p. 935) śaṅkha the conch; a conchshell (esp. one that is sounded by blowing); a conchbangle. n. & a. billion (1,,,). ˜চক্রগদাপদ্মধারী a. carrying a conch-shell, a discus, a mace and a lotus. n. an appellation of God Narayana. ̃চিল n. a species of white-breasted kite. ̃চূড় n. the kingcobra. ̃চূর্ণ n. conchshell powder. ̃চূর্ণী see শঙ্খিনী । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ n. the sound of blowing a conchshell. ̃ধ্বনি করা, ̃নাদ করা v. to blow a conchshell. ̃বণিক n. a dealer and worker in articles of conchshells. ̃বলয় n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell. ̃বিষ n. white arsenic, ratsbane. শঙ্খিনী n. a woman of the third of four sexual categories; the evil spirit of a woman who has died when her husband is still alive, a female ghoul (also শঙ্খচূর্ণী). 28)

(p. 951) śauca, śaucakarma, śaucakriẏā purity; sanctity; scriptural cleansing or purification of one's body and mind; washing or cleansing of one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels. শৌচ করা v. to wash or cleanse one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels; to cleanse or purify scripturally one's body and mind; to sanctify. শৌচাগার n. a latrine, a lavatory, a toilet. 89)