(p. 1025) sēbā serving, waiting upon; nursing; worship; eating or drinking or smoking or enjoying; (dial.) obeisance, salutation. v. poet. form of সেবা করা । সেবা করা v. to serve, to wait upon; to nurse; to worship; to eat or drink or smoke or have or enjoy; to take. ̃ইত n. a priest and beneficiary of a temple or a religious institution; a worshipper, a votary. ̃দাসী n. fem. a maiden dedicated to the service of a temple or a deity, (cp.) a nun; a woman who (usu. under a vow) serves an ascetic or a Vaishnava devotee or the head of a religious institution; (sarcas.) a concubine. ̃ধর্ম n. social service looked upon as a religion, the sacred task of serving others. ̃য়ত, ̃য়েত variants of সেবাইত । 25)

(p. 1007) sāśraẏa a cut in expenditure, a saving. 81)

(p. 990) saraṭa the chameleon. 80)

(p. 1027) sōtkanṭha anxious; eager. 19)

(p. 1007) sāmpradāẏika communal; sectarian. সাম্প্রদায়িকতা n. communalism; sectarianism. সাম্প্রদায়িক দাঙ্গা communal riot. সাম্প্রদায়িক বাটোয়ারা communal award. 25)

(p. 1012) siñcana sprinkling; spraying; watering. সিঞ্চন করা v. to sprinkle; to spray; to water. 16)

(p. 1030) stanabṛnta a nipple, a teat. 9)

(p. 998) sasīma finite. 2)

(p. 1022) suṣamā sweet grace or beauty; any pleasing quality. 3)

(p. 1018) suphala good effect or result. ̃দায়ক, ̃প্রসূ a. yielding good result, producing good effect. 33)

(p. 974) sadbaṃśa a good or noble family. ̃জাত a. born in or descended from a good or noble family, well-born, nobly born, of noble descent, সদ্বংশীয় same as ̃জাত । 70)

(p. 967) saṃśōdhita purified; reformed; rectified; amended; corrected; revised. 37)

(p. 1030) stabagāna a song of praise, a hymn. 16)

(p. 1007) sāraṅga2 a variety of spotted deer. 42)

(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)