(p. 961) ṣaḍ়rasa six kinds of flavour or taste or tang (viz. sweet, sour, salt, pungent, astringent, bitter). 13)

(p. 961) ṣōlō sixteen. ষোলো-আনা n. sixteen anna, one rupee. a. total, entire, whole. adv. entirely, wholly, completely, thoroughly. ষোলো-কলা n. the sixteen digits of the moon. ষোলো-কলা পূর্ণ হওয়া v. (sarcas.) to be thoroughly fulfilled; to meet with complete disaster, to be utterly ruined. 28)

(p. 961) ṣaṇmāsa (a period of) consecutive six months, a half-year. 18)

(p. 961) ṣaṇḍa the bull, the ox; a eunuch. ষণ্ডা a. as obstinate and hefty as a bull; bullheaded; robust, hefty. ষণ্ডামর্ক (erron.) ষণ্ডামার্ক n. (myth.) Sanda (ষণ্ড) and Amarka (অমর্ক), two roguish and godless teachers; (pop.) a very obstinate and robust rogue, a rowdy, a ruffian. 16)

(p. 961) ṣaṣṭi sixty. ̃তম a. sixtieth. fem. ̃তমী । 21)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়śīti eighty-six. ̃তম a. eighty-sixth. fem. ̃তমী । 14)

(p. 961) ṣāṭa2 sixty. 25)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়darśana the six systems of Hindu philosophy. 8)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়guṇa multiplied by six, six times. 5)

(p. 961) ṣān̐ḍ় the bull, the ox. ষাঁড়ের গোঁ bull-like obstinacy, bull-headedness. ষাঁড়া-ষাঁড়ি n. a fight between two bulls. ষাঁড়া-ষাঁড়ির বান the tidal wave of the Ganges (which roars like two bellowing bulls engaged in fighting each other). 23)

(p. 961) ṣṭhībana spitting.

(p. 961) ṣ the thirty-first consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 961) ṣōḍ়śa sixteen; a Hindu system of performing a sraddha ceremony in which sixteen different articles are given away. a. sixteen; sixteenth. ষোড়শাংশ n. a sixteenth part; one-sixteenth. ষোড়শী a. fem. sixteenth; sixteen years old. n. fem. one of the ten manifestations of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); a sixteen year old woman. ষোড়শোপচার n. sixteen different articles required for a perfect worship. ষোড়শোপচারে adv. with all the necessary sixteen articles; (fig.) thoroughly; sumptuously. 27)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়bidha of six kinds; sixfold. 11)

(p. 961) ṣaḍ়ṛtu the six seasons, namely, summer, the rains, autumn, late autumn, winter and spring. 4)