(p. 935) śabēbarāta a Muslim festival. 54)

(p. 942) śātana act of cutting off. শাতন করা v. to cut off; to clip (পক্ষশাতন করা). 4)

(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) 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. 944) śirōruha hair growing on one's head. 79)

(p. 935) śakadbīpa Scythia. 9)

(p. 935) śatrū Indra (ইন্দ্র) the king of gods. 22)

(p. 939) śali a dry measure of corn. 28)

(p. 944) śiṅāḍ়ā a kind of stuffed snack shaped almost like a fruit of the water-chestnut. 46)

(p. 944) śiśira dew; frost. ̃কণা n. a dewdrop. ̃ধৌত a. washed with dew. ̃পাত n. dewfall. ̃বিন্দু n. a dewdrop. ̃স্লাত a. bathed in dew. ̃সিক্ত a. drenched in or wet with dew. শিশিরাঙ্ক a. (phys.) dewpoint. 87)

(p. 949) śīkara a very fine particle of rain flying in air; a drop of water. 5)

(p. 935) śambuka, śambūka the snail. ̃গতি n. snail-like pace or movement; (fig.) procrastination, sluggishness, slowness. a. snail-paced; snail-slow; sluggish, slow. 62)

(p. 951) śēkha (Mus.) a Sheik(h). 32)

(p. 944) śila a stone slab or flat mortar for grinding spices (শিলনোড়া); hailstone, hail; a flat stone for sharpening tools, (cp.) a grindstone. ̃নোড়া n. the mortar and the pestle. শিল পড়া v. to hail. শিল পড়ছে it hails. 80)

(p. 935) śakuni the vulture; a character of the Mahabharata; (fig.) a relative who, by giving evil counsel, leads a family to ruin. 15)