(p. 1025) sērā1 best; excellent. 35)

(p. 1038) sbarājya, sbarāṣṭra one's own state; a selfgoverned or free state. স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রক n. the Ministry of Home Affairs. স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী n. the Home Minister. 10)

(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. 999) sādā white; grey; white-skinned (সাদা আদমি); free from angularities, candid, simple (সাদা মন); categorical, plain, unequivocal, downright (সাদা কথা); innocent (সাদা কাজ); having no coloured border or furbelow or flounce (সাদা ধুতি); unwritten, blank (সাদা কাগজ); unblurred; unintoxicated (সাদা চোখ). n. the white colour; the white-skinned people, the white race. সই করা সাদা কাগজ carte blanche. সাদাকে কালো এবং কালোকে সাদা করা (fig.) to misrepresent things or tell lies obviously and shamelessly, to lie in one's throat. ̃চামড়া n. white skin; the whiteskinned people. ̃টে a. whitish. সাদামাঠা, সাদামাটা, সাদাসিধা,, (coll.) সাদাসিধে a. free from angularities, candid, simple; simple-hearted, plain-living, ordinary; unostentatious, plain; categorical, unequivocal, downright, straight-cut; not crooked, honest; frank; straight; unornamented; bald, having no vicissitude, uninteresting; dull, drab. ̃সাপটা a. simple, plain; unostentatious. 94)

(p. 980) samabartana (phys.) polarization. 113)

(p. 1038) sbarāja self-government, home rule, independence, swaraj. 9)

(p. 990) sara a thin layer on milk or any other similar substance, film. 73)

(p. 1007) sārasa the stork. fem. সারসী । 49)

(p. 1035) sbatba ownership; proprietary right, right to possession, right, title; lawful claim, claim. স্বত্বের দলিল ̃পত্র n. title-deed, a title. স্বত্বের মামলা a title-suit. ̃ত্যাগ n. relinquishment of right. ̃ত্যাগপত্র n. a deed of relinquishment. ̃নিয়োগ n. assignment. ̃নিয়োগী n. an assignee. ̃নিরসন n. expropriation. ̃পত্র n. a title-deed, a title. স্বত্ববান a. having a right or claim to; entitled. ̃ভোগী a. & n. a beneficiary. ˜লোপ n. abolition of right. ̃লোপনীতি n. (Ind. hist.) the Doctrine of Lapse. ̃শূন্য a. having no right or claim. ̃সাব্যস্ত n. establishment or determination of right or title. স্বত্বসাব্যস্তের মামলা a title-suit. ̃স্বামিত্ব n. right and ownership. স্বত্বাধিকার n. ownership and possession; proprietary right. স্বত্বাধিকারী a. rightfully owning or possessing. n. a proprietor (fem. a proprietress, proprietrix), an owner. fem. স্বত্বাধিকারিণী । স্বত্বার্থন n. act of putting forward one's claim, act of laying claim to স্বত্বার্থী n. a claimant. 31)

(p. 1035) sphīta swollen, bloated; inflated; expanded; augmented; flourished; puffed up. স্ফীত হওয়া v. to swell, to bloat; to be inflated; to be expanded, to expand; to be augmented; to prosper, to flourish; to be puffed up. ̃কায় a. fat-bodied, corpulent; inflated, swelled up, augmented. স্ফীতি n. swelling; bulging; inflation; expansion; augmentation; flourish; puffed-up state. 4)

(p. 1038) sbaracita composed or made or contrived or written by oneself. 8)

(p. 1038) sbahasta one's own hand. স্বহস্তাক্ষর n. one's handwriting. 21)

(p. 967) saṃśliṣṭa united; adhering, attached; involved in; associating with; related or connected (with), included in or component সংশ্লিষ্ট বিভাগ 38)

(p. 990) sarapharāja a nawab of Bengal; (sarcas.) a very important man; a saucy fellow. সরফরাজি n. officiousness; untoward and intolerable bossing, overbearing manner; sauciness. 85)

(p. 1027) sōḍā soda; sodium carbonate; sodium bicarbonate; washing soda. ̃ওয়াটার n. soda-water; mineral water. সোডা ওয়াটারের দোকান n. a soda-fountain, a spa. 18)