(p. 963) saṅkaṭa a crucial danger; a great difficulty; a very knotty problem; a critical situation, a tight corner; a crux; great intricacy; a very narrow path, a gorge (usu. গিরিসংকট). ̃কাল n. a critical time; hard times; a crisis. সংকটাপন্ন a. greatly endangered; faced with a great difficulty. সংকটাবস্হা n. a critical situation, a tight corner. 13)

(p. 1007) sāmya equality; similarity; similitude; equilibrium, equipoise, balance (শক্তিসাম্য); mental equilibrium; democracy, socialism, communism. ̃কেন্দ্র n. centre of similitude. ̃বাদ n. socialism; communism. ̃বাদী a. socialistic; communistic. n. a socialist; a communist. ̃রক্ষা n. maintenance of balance or equilibrium. 27)

(p. 998) sastā cheap. সস্তার তিন অবস্হা (fig.) cheap and nasty, a charger bought cheap turns a sorry nag. 5)

(p. 980) sapēṭā fruit of the Sapota. 31)

(p. 985) samabhāba same or similar state of mind; same or similar state or condition or manner; similarity or sameness; equability. সমভাবাপন্ন a. having the same or similar state of mind; of the same or similar state or condition; similar or same; equable. সমভাবাপন্ন জলবায়ু equable climate. সমভাবে adv. in the same or similar way or manner; unchangingly; uniformly. 4)

(p. 990) sampradāna giving; bestowal, conferment; act of giving away the bride ceremonially to the charge of the bridegroom; (gr.) the dative case (usu. সম্প্রদানকারক). সম্প্রদান করা v. to give; to bestow, to confer; to commit (the bride) ceremonially to the charge of (the bridegroom). 39)

(p. 987) samāẏāta arrived, come. 28)

(p. 963) sambarta total annihilation or dissolution or cataclysm, (cp.) deluge, the cloud that appears to destroy the world. 75)

(p. 1018) subaha easily or conveniently carried, portable. ̃তা n. portability. 42)

(p. 974) satparāmarśa good advise or counsel. 18)

(p. 1025) sētu a bridge; a culvert; a causeway; a dam. সেতু বাঁধা v. to build a bridge (over); to bridge, to span. ̃বন্ধ n. a ridge of rocks extending from the southern extremity of India towards Sri Lanka, Adam's Bridge. ̃মুখ n. a bridgehead. 19)

(p. 1025) sētakhānā a latrine, a lavatory. 17)

(p. 980) samakṣa lying before; visible; direct. ̃দৃষ্টি n. direct vision. সমক্ষ বর্ণালিবীক্ষণ direct vision spectroscope. সমক্ষে adv. before one's eyes; visible. 81)

(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. 999) sākāra having a form or body, bodied, corporeal. সাকার-উপাসনা, সাকারোপাসনা n. a form of worship in which deities are conceived as having forms; idolatry. ̃বাদ n. the doctrine that upholds সাকারোপাসনা । সাকারোপাসক n. an idolator. a. idolatrous. 50)