(p. 1012) siṃhāsana a seat shaped like the figure of a lion; a throne. সিংহাসন ত্যাগ করা v. to abdicate the throne, to abdicate. সিংহাসনে আরোহণ করা, সিংহাসনে বসা v. to ascend the throne. সিংহাসনে বসানো v. to enthrone. সিংহাসনচ্যুত করা v. to dethrone; to depose. ̃চ্যুত n. dethronement; deposition. ̃ত্যাগ n. abdication. সিংহাসনারূঢ় a. seated on a throne; enthroned; reigning. 3)

(p. 985) samala dirty; filthy, foul. 27)

(p. 1021) sulēkhaka a good writer or author, a writer remarkable for perspicuity. fem. সুলেখিকা । 21)

(p. 1038) sbabhāba nature; a characteristic (innate or acquired); a natural quality, a property; character; instinct, disposition; conduct, behaviour; habit, practice; nature; original or normal or natural state. স্বভাব যায় না মলে one's nature does not change even at one's death. ̃কবি n. a poet by nature; a born poet, a poet of nature, a nature-poet. ̃কুলীন n. a member of a kulin (কুলীন) family whose familial characteristics have not been tarnished by undesirable matrimonial alliance or otherwise. ̃কৃপণ a. miserly or niggardly by nature. ̃গত same as স্বাভাবিক । ̃গুণ n. a natural or innate or habitual or characteristic or normal quality or function. ̃চরিত্র n. innate and acquired nature; character and conduct or practice. ̃জ a. originating from nature; natural; instinctive; habitual; abiogenetic; spontaneous. ̃জাত a. same as স্বভাবজ । ̃ত adv. naturally; by nature. ̃দুর্বৃত্ত n. a habitual offender; a born criminal. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. unnatural; abnormal; contrary or opposed to one's nature. ̃বর্ণনা n. description of nature or phenomenal world. ̃শোভা n. a beautiful show of nature, natural beauty. ̃সিদ্ধ, ̃সংগত, ̃সুলভ a. natural; habitual. ̃সুন্দর a. beautiful by nature. স্বভাবী a. normal. স্বভাবোক্তি n. (rhet.) detailed poetical description of an object of nature; faithful transcript of life and nature. 2)

(p. 1038) sbīkṛta acknowledged, admitted; confessed; recognized, owned; accepted; acquiesced, agreed, consented; promised. স্বীকৃত বিষয় an admitted fact; (geom.) a postulate. স্বীকৃতি n. acknowledgment, admission, admittance; confession, recognition, owning; acceptance; acquiescence, agreement, consent. 43)

(p. 987) samābēśa assemblage (জনসমাবেশ); a gathering; intent attention, engrossment. 27)

(p. 989) samucchēda complete extirpation or eradication or extermination; destruction; ejection for good. 27)

(p. 963) sōdā purchase; trade; merchandise, wares; articles pruchased. সওদা করা v. to purchase, to buy, ̃গর n. a merchant; a merchant prince. ̃গরি n. the profession of a merchant, trading, commerce. a. mercantile, commercial. ̃গরি করা v. to work as a merchant, to follow the occupation of a trader; to trade. ̃গরি আপিস a mercantile firm, a merchant office. ̃পত্র n. purchases. 8)

(p. 1007) sālana a very spicy and hot curry (usu.) of fish etc. 73)

(p. 974) satsbabhāba goodness or honesty. a. goodnatured; honest; virtuous. 23)

(p. 967) sakṣamatā competency, capability; ableness, ability, activeness. 81)

(p. 1022) suhṛdbara an excellent friend or ally or well-wisher. 30)

(p. 1038) sbasti be well, be in weal, (cp.) vale. n. a benedictory incantation; weal, good; contentment; (pop.) freedom from worry or anxiety, peace, relief (স্বস্তির নিশ্বাস) = a sigh of relief) সুখের চেয়ে স্বস্তি ভালো (fig.) peaceful poverty is better than worried affluence. স্বস্তিক n. a fylfot, a filfot,. a swastika; a holy sign of fylfot painted with rice-paste etc.; the Buddhist cross; a posture of sitting in yogic practice (usu. স্বস্তিকাসন); a mansion with a portico or balcony in the front; a place where two roads intersect, a cross road. ̃পাঠ, ̃বাচন n. recital or utterance of the benedictory incantation. ̃বচন n. benedictory words or incantation. ̃হীন a. peaceless, restless; having no respite, without respite, unrelieved. 18)

(p. 1012) sin̐dura (coll.) vermilion; mercuric sulphide; red lead. সিঁদুরে মেঘ cloud as red as vermilion; red cloud which presages a storm. 6)

(p. 1025) sēlāma salutation, obeisance, a salute. সেলাম করা v. to salute, to make an obeisance; (iron.) to shun by showing feigned reverential awe. সেলাম আলায়কুম, সেলাম আলেকুম int. (Mus.) I salute you. সেলামি n. an irregular fee or present given to an owner, landlord, employer, boss etc. as a mark of obeisance (জমিদারের সেলামি); an illegal extra payment made to obtain something (বাড়িভাড়ার সেলামি). 42)