(p. 1007) sāra the best or excellent part; duramen, heart-wood; sap (of a tree); film or cream (of milk); marrow (of bone); pith; essence; extract; inner significance, gist; substance, abstract; spirit, vigour, manure, fertilizer; (only) worth. (কথামাত্র সার). a. best, excellent; essential; real or true or inner. সার করা v. to have recourse to something on considering it the sole object of pursuit; to regard something as the best or sole object. সার বোঝা v. to regard something as the best or sole object; to form an unalterable and final conviction. সার দেওয়া v. to manure. উদ্ভিজ্জ সার vegetable manure. খনিজ সার mineral manure. প্রানিজ সার, প্রাণী-সার animal manure. মিশ্র সার n. compost. ̃কথা (lit.) essential words; substance; gist; sum and substance. ̃কুড়, ̃গাদা, ̃ডোবা n. a dunghill, a manure-pit. ̃গর্ভ a. having an inner significance or import; rich in content; substantial. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a manual, a vade-mecum. ̃নিবন্ধ n. an abstract register. ̃বত্তা n. substantiality; real worth. ̃বান a. full of substance, substantial; rich in duramen, sappy; pithy; fertile. ̃ভূত a. abstracted into or reduced to substance only; (loos.) substantial; best, picked. ̃মাটি n. marl. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. pithless, sapless; unsubstantial. ̃সংক্ষেপ n. substance, summary; a precis; essence; see also সারাংশ । ̃সংগ্রহ, ̃সংকলন n. collection or compilation of the substantial or best specimens or of the pick; an abstract; an anthology of the best things. 41)

(p. 974) satī (myth.) Sati, the daughter of Daksha and wife of Shiva (শিব); a wife intently devoted to her husband, a chaste or faithful wife; a widow who burns herself on her husband's pyre, a suttee, a sati. a. fem. (of a wife) intently devoted to one's husband, chaste. ̃ত্ব n. intent devotion of a wife to her husband, the chastity or faithfulness of a wife. সতীত্বনাশ n. violation of chastity; rape. সতীত্বনাশ করা v. to rape. সতীত্বরক্ষা করা v. preserve one's chastity. ̃দাহ n. the practice of widows burning themselves on their husbands' pyres, suttee, sati. ̃পনা n. (sarcas.) a show or affectation of chastity demonstrated by a wife; (sarcas.) pride of chastity or honesty (usu. false or overdone). ̃লক্ষী n. a very chaste and pleasing wife who brings fortune to her husband. ̃সাধ্বী n. a perfectly chaste wife. ̃সাবিত্রী a. a wife as chaste and devoted as Sabitri (সাবিত্রী). 25)

(p. 978) sandhānī, sandhānī engaged in searching; inquisitive; skilled in searching or detection. সন্ধানী আলো a searchlight. 24)

(p. 978) sandhitsā desire to know or enquire, curiosity, inquisitiveness. 26)

(p. 1038) sbamata one's own or free opinion. 3)

(p. 1030) stabdha, stabdhībhūta (rendered) motionless; stunned; stupefied, dazed; fallen or lying in a stupor; stiffened; stopped; calmed; calm. 19)

(p. 990) samunnata very high or lofty or elevated; (fig.) very exalted or dignified or noble. 12)

(p. 967) sambēśana hypnosis; hypnotism, mesmerism. 13)

(p. 963) sañciti reserve. 59)

(p. 1024) sṛjita, sṛṣṭa created; made, produced, formed; designed; instituted. সৃষ্টি n. creation; making; production; designing; instituting; institution; a creation, a production; something made or instituted; the universe. সৃষ্টি করা same as সৃজন করা । সৃষ্টিকর্তা n. creator, maker; God. সৃষ্টিকার্য n. the work of creation, creation; the creation of the universe. সৃষ্টিকৌশল, সৃষ্টিচাতুর্য n. the art or the wonderful art of creation; the manner or method of creation. সৃষ্টিক্ষমতা n. the creative power or faculty. সৃষ্টিছাড়া a. not available anywhere in God's creation; unusual; bizarre, odd, outlandish, grotesque; eccentric; vagarish. সৃষ্টিতত্ত্ব n. cosmogony; cosmology. সৃষ্টিনাশ করা v. to destroy or dissolve the universe; to undo everything. সৃষ্টিনাশা a. (rare) causing universal dissolution; (pop.) undoing everything. সৃষ্টিনৈপুণ্য n. skill or deftness in creation or making. সৃষ্টিবাদ n. the doctrine of creation; cosmogony. সৃষ্টিবৈচিত্র্য n. (wonderful) diversity of the creation. সৃষ্টিরক্ষা করা v. to protect or preserve (and maintain) the world created by God. সৃষ্টিলোপ করা same as সৃষ্টিনাশ করা । সৃষ্টিস্হিতিলয় n. creation, preservation and dissolution (esp. of the universe). 10)

(p. 967) sakāla sakāla betimes, early; soon, quickly. সকালে adv. in the morning; at dawn, at daybreak; early, betimes. 72)

(p. 1021) sulikhita well-written; pleasant to read, perspicuous. 18)

(p. 1038) sbārtha one's own interests, pleasure, welfare, etc.; self-interest. ̃চিন্তা n. thoughts to devise means of realizing one's own interests, selfish thoughts, self-seeking. ̃ত্যাগ n. self-sacrifice, self-denial. স্বার্থত্যাগ করা v. to sacrifice one's own interests. ̃ত্যাগী a. self-sacrificing. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ a. selfish. ̃পরতা, ̃পরায়ণতা n. selfishness. ̃বুদ্ধি n. a selfish motive or thought. ̃বুদ্ধিপ্রণোদিত a. actuated or prompted by a selfish motive or thought. ̃মগ্ন engulfed in thoughts of self-interest; absorbed in one's own affairs or interests. ̃ময় a. full of selfishness. ̃শূন্য ̃হীন a. unselfish; selfless; disinterested. ̃সাধন, ̃সিদ্ধি n. realization of one's own interests. স্বার্থান্ধ a. blinded with selfishness or self-interest, blindly or unscrupulously self-seeking. স্বার্থান্বেষণ n. self-seeking. স্বার্থান্বেষী a. self-seeking. স্বার্থান্বেষী ব্যক্তি a self-seeker. স্বার্থোন্মত্ত a. madly self-seeking. 38)

(p. 1025) sērēpha only; alone; mere or merely. 38)

(p. 1016) sutanbī a woman possessing a beautifully slim body. 27)