(p. 1007) sāla2 an era; (pop.) hegira as current in Bengali, the Bengali era (comencing from 593 or 594 A.D.); a year. 69)

(p. 980) samabarta-kōṇa (phys.) the angle of polarization. 112)

(p. 1012) siddhānna parboiled rice; cooked rice. 24)

(p. 990) salitā a slender wick. 126)

(p. 980) sapratibha having genius; unembarrassed; unhesitating; not to be embarrassed; smart, ready and alert to act, prompt and witty; having one's wits about one; having presence of mind. 34)

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

(p. 967) sakhā a friend; a bosom or intimate friend, a confidant (fem. confidante); a well-wisher; a companion; a boon companion. 82)

(p. 1025) sētāra a three-stringed (sometimes five-stringed with three additional strings in larger instruments) musical instrument. ̃বাদক, সেতারি n. one who plays the aforesaid musical instrument. 18)

(p. 1017) sudhā1 nectar, ambrosia; moonlight; lime. সুধা ঢালা v. to pour nectar; (fig.) to sweeten, to please, to flatter, to console. সুধাংশু, ̃কর n. the moon. ̃ধবল a. white as moonlight. ̃ধবলিত a. treated with a lime-wash, whitewashed. ̃পাত্র n. a container or receptacle of nectar; a cup or goblet for drinking nectar, an ambrosial cup. ̃বর্ষণ বা ̃বৃষ্টি করা v. to shower or rain or sprinkle nectar; (of the moon) to scatter moonlight; (fig.) to please, to flatter, to console. ̃বর্ষী a. showering nectar; (fig.) pleasing or flattering or consoling. ̃ভান্ড same as ̃পাত্র । ̃ময় a. full of nectar; ambrosial, nectared; (fig.) very sweet or pleasing or flattering or consoling; (fig.— of a person) very well-behaved and charming. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃মাখা a. filled with or soaked in nectar, nectarine; delicious; very sweet. ̃সমুদ্র, ̃সিন্ধু n. (myth.) the sea of nectar, the ambrosial sea. ̃সিক্ত a. soaked with nectar; (fig.) very sweet or pleasant. 11)

(p. 987) samāntara (arith. & alg.—of numbers) equidistant (e.g. 3, 8, 13, 18); (geom.) parallel. ̃তা n. equidistance; parallelism. ̃রেখা n. a parallel line. সমান্তর শ্রেণি n. arithmetical progression; an arithmetic series. 15)

(p. 1016) suṭa1 a suit (এক সুট পোশাক বা গয়না); a suit of European clothes. সুট পরা v. to put on a suit or a European dress. ̃কেস n. a suitcase. সুট-পরা a. wearing a suit; clothed in European dress. 21)

(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. 967) saktu the flour of fried barley or gram. 77)

(p. 1025) sērēpha only; alone; mere or merely. 38)

(p. 963) saṅkhyā enumeration, counting; a number; a numeral; (math.) a figure; reckoning, estimation. সংখ্যা করা v. to enumerate, to count; to reckon, to estimate. সংখ্যা হওয়া v. to be (capable of being) enumerated or counted or numbered. ̃গণনা n. enumeration; counting. ̃গরিষ্ঠ a. largest in number; (loos.) enjoying a majority. গুরু a. large in number; larger in number; enjoying a majority. সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ সম্প্রদায় the majority community. সংখ্যা-জ্যোতিষ n. numerology. ̃ত a. numbered, counted, enumerated; calculated; reckoned. সংখ্যাতীত a. countless, innumerable, numberless. ̃ন n. enumeration, counting; numbering; calculation. সংখ্যানুপাতে adv. in proportion to number. ̃পাত n. act of writing down a number. ̃বাচক a. denoting numbers, numeral. ̃মান n. measure. ̃মাপন n. measurement. ̃সংখ্যায়ক n. an enumerator, a calculator. ̃লঘিষ্ঠ a. smallest in number. ̃লঘু, ̃ল্প a. small in number; smaller in number. সংখ্যালঘু (বা সংখ্যালঘিষ্ঠ) সম্প্রদায় the minority community. 38)