(p. 944) śirōdhārya to be borne on the head; to be obeyed or be complied with; to be accepted with reverence. শিরোধার্য করা v. to bear on one's head; to obey or accept submissively or with reverence. 74)

(p. 939) śarama shame; bashfulness; coyness, modesty. শরম করা, শরম লাগা v. to feel or think shame; to be ashamed; to be abashed. 13)

(p. 949) śukra (astr.) the Venus; the vesper; sperm, semen; the preceptor of daityas (দৈত্য) (usu. শুক্রাচার্য). ̃তারল্য n. spermatorrhoea, involuntary seminal discharge. ̃বার, ̃বাসর n. Friday. শুক্রাণু n. spermatozoid. 31)

(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) śrabya fit to hear; audible; intended to be heard (শ্রব্য কাব্য = a poem intended to be heard, not seen i.e., excluding drama). ̃তা n. audibility. 107)

(p. 935) śatarañja, śatarañca chess. 37)

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

(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. 939) śahurē of or living in a town or city, urban; townish; cockney. শহুরে জীবন town-life, urbanity. শহুরে হাওয়া (usu. dero.) influence of a town or city, urbanity. ̃পনা n. (dero.) urbanity, townishness; affected cockneyish behaviour or speech. 46)

(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. 949) śīrṣa the head; top, apex, summit; tip; the highest or the first or the most distinguished place (also শীর্ষস্হান); (geom.) a vertex (of an angle etc.). ̃ক a. (used as a sfx.) having a particular title, entitled, styled; headed. ̃কোণ n. (geom.) a vertical angle. ̃স্হ a. situated on the top or on the head. পরীক্ষায় শীর্ষস্হান অধিকার করা to stand or come first in an examination. ̃স্হানীয় a. highest, first; most distinguished, chief, topmost. 17)

(p. 951) śēkha (Mus.) a Sheik(h). 32)

(p. 949) śīla nature; natural disposition; character; conduct, behaviour, manners; practice. a. (used as a sfx.) natured, disposed to (দয়াশীল); practising (দানশীল). fem. a. শীলা । ̃পত্র n. a character-certificate. ̃ব্রত a. practising virtues, virtuous. 18)

(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. 944) śiraśchēda, śiraśchēdana decapitation, beheading. শিরশ্ছেদ করা, শিরশ্ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead. 69)