(p. 939) śarāba wine. 15)

(p. 951) śyēna the hawk, the falcon; the eagle, fem. শ্যেনী । ̃চক্ষু, ̃দৃষ্টি a. hawk-eyed, falcon-eyed; eagle-eyed. শ্যেন দৃষ্টিতে লক্ষ করা to watch with a piercing or keen eye, to watch like a hawk. 103)

(p. 939) śaśāṅka the lunar crescent, a digit of the moon. ̃শেখর same as শশীভূষণ । 34)

(p. 951) śō expressing: a swishing or whirring or whizzing sound. 56)

(p. 939) śalka a scale (esp. of fish); bark (of trees). ̃বত্ a. scaly. 29)

(p. 944) śiśamahala a house made of glass or largely of glass, a glass-house. 85)

(p. 949) śun̐ṭha dried ginger. 22)

(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) śēla a sharp-pointed mythological missile. ̃সম a. like the aforesaid missile; as painful or fatal as a stroke of the aforesaid missile. বুকে শেলসম বাজা to cut (a person) to the heart. 42)

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

(p. 951) ślōka a couplet, a distich, a verse, a poem; fame, renown (পুণ্যশ্লোক). ̃বদ্ধ শ্লোকাত্মক a. versified.

(p. 942) śāmuka the snail. শামুক-চুন n. shell-lime. শামুকের খোলা a shell of a snail. 24)

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

(p. 939) śaripha magnanimous, highminded, noble (শরিফ আদমি); holy, sacred (কোরানশরিফ, মক্কাশরিফ). 17)