(p. 1007) sāmpratika of recent times, current, contemporary. 24)

(p. 978) santōlana act of singeing lightly in oil or ghee. 10)

(p. 1022) sūkta any on of the complete Vedic incantations or verses or hymns or psalms; a wise or salutary saying, an apopthegm. সূক্তি n. a wise or salutary saying, an apopthegm. 31)

(p. 999) sahānubhūti sympathy; compassion; fellow-feeling. ̃শীল a. sympathetic or compassionate. ̃সম্পন্ন a. sympathetic; compassionate. 12)

(p. 1027) skandha the shoulder; (of a beast) neck; the trunk of the human body; a treetrunk, a trunk; a section of a book, a chapter, a canto; an instalment; a part or division of an army. ̃কাটা a. one with the head cut off; headless. n. a headless ghost. স্কন্ধে করা বা নেওয়া, স্কন্ধে বহন করা v. to take up upon one's shoulders; to carry upon one's shoulders; to shoulder. ̃দেশ n. the region of the shoulder or (in case of a beast) the neck, shoulders. 53)

(p. 990) sarēsa best; excellent; superfine. 104)

(p. 1038) sbaira act of doing as one pleases; waywardness; unrestrained exercise of one's will; arbitrariness; autocratic; despotism; freedom; dissoluteness. a. wayward, self-willed; arbitrary; despotic; free, unrestricted; dissolute. ̃তন্ত্রী a. autocratic; arbitrary; despotic. n. an autocrat, a despot or an arbitrary ruler. ̃তান্ত্রিক same as ̃তন্ত্রী । ̃শাসন n. despotic or arbitrary government; autocracy; despotism, tyranny. স্বৈরাচারী, স্বৈরিতা n. waywardness; dissoluteness; despotism, tyranny. ̃তন্ত্র n. despotism, autocracy; (cp.) dictatorship. স্বৈরাচারী, স্বৈরী a. wayward; selfwilled; dissolute, wild; despotic, tyrannical. স্বৈরিণী a. fem. of স্বৈরী । n. fem. a wayward or profligate woman. 47)

(p. 1007) sāhitya literature; a book (ধর্মসাহিত্য); composition, writing (প্রচারসাহিত্য). ̃কলা n. the art of literary composition. ̃ক্ষেত্র n. field of literature. ̃চর্চা n. literary pursuit or discussion. সাহিত্যচর্চা করা v. to compose or study or cultivate literature. ̃জগত্ n. the literary world, the world of letters. ̃বৃত্তি, ̃ব্যবসায় n. the literary profession. ̃ব্যবসায়ী n. same as সাহিত্যিক (n.). ̃ভান্ডার n. the store or repertory of literature. ̃রথী n. an eminent litterateur or writer. ̃শিল্প same as ̃কলা । ̃সভা n. a literary society or gathering; the literary world. ̃সমাজ n. the literary world, litterateurs collectively. ̃সমালোচক n. a critic of literature; a literary critic. ̃সমালোচনা n. literary criticism. সহিত্যসেবা করা v. to pursue or compose or study or cultivate literature devotedly. ̃সেবী a. devoted to literature; devotedly pursuing or composing or studying or cultivating literature. n. a devotee of literature; a litterateur, a writer, an author. সাহিত্যাকাশ same as ̃জগত্ । সাহিত্যাচার্য n. one profoundly versed in literature; a connoisseur or a great teacher of literature; a great author or litterateur. সাহিত্যানুশীলন same as ̃চর্চা । সাহিত্যালোচনা n. literary discussion. সাহিত্যালোচনা করা v. to discuss literature. সাহিত্যিক a. literary (সাহিত্যিক বৈঠক); pursuing literature (সাহিত্যিক লোক). n. a litterateur, a man of letters, a writer, an author (fem. an authoress). 89)

(p. 987) samādhā, samādhāna completion, accomplishment; termination, conclusion, end; settlement, decision; solution; propounding, riddling (ধাঁধার সমাধান). সমাধা করা, সমাধান করা v. to complete, to accomplish, to terminate, to conclude, to end; to settle, to decide; to solve, to puzzle out: to propound, to riddle. 9)

(p. 1004) sādhitra an instrument, a tool, an appliance. 12)

(p. 985) samarthita seconded; supported; (dero.) countenanced; confirmed; corroborated. fem. সমর্থিতা । 24)

(p. 1018) subipula, subiśāla very big or large, vast, gigantic, huge; immense. 55)

(p. 1016) sucitrita well-painted; well-decorated; well-described; nicely delineated. 11)

(p. 990) sambhūẏasamutthāna joint-stock business. 56)

(p. 1035) sphuṭa burst open; manifest, express, explicit, apparent (স্ফুট অর্থ); blown, bloomed, blooming (স্ফুট কুসুম); pierced, bored (দন্তস্ফুট). ̃ন n. bursting open; manifestation, expression, blooming; piercing, boring; boiling; effervescence. ̃নাঙ্ক n. the boiling-point. ̃নোন্মুখ a. on the point of bursting open or blooming or boiling. স্ফুটিত a. burst open; bloomed; blown; blooming; manifested, unfolded; pierced, bored; boiled. 5)