(p. 939) śaśīkara moonbeam; moonlight, moonshine. 36)

(p. 951) śēkhara a crown, a diadem, a coronet; a chaplet; a peak, a crest, a summit. 33)

(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. 939) śākta devoted to or worshipping Sakti or the female principle of creation. n. a worshipper of Sakti, a Sakta, a Shakta. ̃পদাবলি n. (pl.) poems or lyric poems in adoration of Sakti, the Goddess of creation or Goddess Kali. 52)

(p. 944) śikhī the peacock. 44)

(p. 935) śapatha an oath, a swearing; a vow; a promise. শপথ করা v. to take an oath, to swear; to vow; to promise. শপথ করানো v. to cause to take an oath, to cause to swear or vow or promise. শপথ করে, ̃পূর্বক adv. on oath, with an oath. ̃পত্র n. an affidavit. ̃প্রমাণক n. a Commissioner of affidavits. 48)

(p. 935) śakti power; strength, might; force; vigour; capacity; capability; potency (as of homoeopathic medicines); (phys.) energy; a state influential in international affairs, a power; (Hindu. myth.) the female principle taking part in the work of creation, Sakti, Shakti, a female deity; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); an ancient missile. ̃ক্ষয় n. loss of power or strength or energy; (of an army) loss of men. ̃ধর a. powerful, strong. শক্তি প্রয়োগ করা v. to apply force. ̃বর্গ n. pl. states influential in international affairs or taking part in a war, powers. ̃মত্তা, ̃শালিতা n. powerfulness, strength; forcefulness; possession of full vigour. ̃মান, ̃শালী a. powerful, strong. forceful; vigorous; nervous (শক্তিশালী গদ্য). fem. ̃মতী, ̃শালিনী । ̃শেল n. a dreadful or deadly mythological missile. ̃সঞ্চয় n. accumulation of strength or power; accumulation or preservation of energy. শক্তি সঞ্চার করা v. to infuse strength in; to invigorate; to energize. ̃সামর্থ্য n. power and capabilities. ̃সাম্য n. balance of power. ̃হীন a. powerless; weak; impotent. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. powerlessness; weakness; impotence. 19)

(p. 944) śikhara top; apex, vertex; summit; crest; a mountain-peak, a peak. 40)

(p. 944) śiṅāra the dress or dressing of lovers going to meet. 47)

(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. 939) śarīra the body; the physique; ̃গত a. lying within the body; of the body; bodily, physical. ̃গ্রন্হি n. a bone-joint. ̃জ a. produced or emerged from the body; (loos.) lying within the body (শরীরজ ব্যাধি); (loos.) of the body (শরীরজ ব্যাপার); bodily; physical. শরীর ধারণ করা v. to assume a body or form or shape; to take one's birth in the world. ̃পাত n. impairment or loss of health; death. শরীরপাত করা v. to impair one's health; to sacrifice one's life, to die. ̃স্হ a. lying within the body; bodily, physical. শরীরী a. having a body; embodied; corporeal. fem. শরীরিণী । 19)

(p. 951) śōbhā beauty; beautiful show; glamour. শোভা করা v. to beautify; to embellish; to adorn; to grace. শোভা পাওয়া v. to exist or be present beautifully; to look beautiful or decorous; to behove or become. শোভা হওয়া v. to look beautiful or decorous; to have a beautiful show; to be adorned or graced. ̃কর a. beautifying; adorning; decorating; giving grace to; giving glamour to. ̃ময় a. beautiful; graceful; having a beautiful show; glamorous. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃যাত্রা n. a procession. শোভাযাত্রা করে যাওয়া v. to go in a procession. শোভাযাত্রা বার করা v. to take out a procession. ̃যাত্রী n. a processionist. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. having no beauty; having no beautiful show. 72)

(p. 951) śraddhā love and respect, admiration, reverence; esteem; confidence, faith (নেতার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা); devotion (সশ্রদ্ধ পূজা); inclination, desire (খাবারে শ্রদ্ধা). শ্রদ্ধা করা v. to love and respect, to admire, to revere, to esteem; to have confidence or faith in. ̃ন্বিত, ̃বান, ̃লু ̃শীল a. respectful, having faith or confidence in, faithful. ̃ভাজন, ̃স্পদ n. an object of reverence, a reverend person. fem. ̃স্পদা । ̃ভাজনেষু, ̃স্পদেষু to you or him as the reverend one (a form of addressing a reverend person in a letter). 104)

(p. 939) śaśīprabhā moonlight, moonbeam. 38)

(p. 942) śāpa a curse, a malison, imprecation. শাপ দেওয়া v. to curse, to imprecate. ̃গ্রস্ত a. lying under a curse; cursed, accursed. fem. ̃গ্রস্তা । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen or expelled (esp. from heaven) by a curse. fem. ̃ভ্রষ্টা । ̃মুক্ত a. freed from a curse. ̃মুক্তি, ̃মোচন n. release from a curse. শাপমোচন করা v. to release from a curse, to set free from a curse. ̃শাপান্ত n. (rare) a curse and release from it; (pop.) severe and repeated cursing. শাপা same as শাপ দেওয়া । শাপান্ত n. termination of a curse; release from a curse; (loos.) a spell of severe cursing. 11)