(p. 951) śuśrūṣā nursing (of the sick). শুশ্রূষা করা v. to nurse. ̃কারী n. a male nurse. a. nursing. fem. ̃কারিণী n. a nurse; a (nursing) sister. 14)

(p. 951) śuṣka dry (শুষ্ক বস্ত্র); withered (শুষ্ক পুষ্প); sapless, pithless (শুষ্ক কাষ্ঠ); dull, uninteresting, pointless (শুষ্ক তর্ক); pale (শুষ্ক মুখ); parched (শুষ্ক কণ্ঠ); harsh (শুষ্ক স্বর); vapoury or empty or insipid (শুষ্ক বাক্য); merely formal (শুষ্ক ভদ্রতা). ̃তা n. dryness. 15)

(p. 944) śirōruha hair growing on one's head. 79)

(p. 939) śaraṇa a shelter, a refuge; recourse; (rare) a resort, a retreat, a house; a shelterer; a protector. শরণ নেওয়া v. to take shelter; to come or go for a shelter or refuge; to have recourse to. শরণাগত, শরণাপন্ন a. one who has come for shelter. n. a refugee. fem. শরণাগতা, শরণাপন্না । শরণর্থী a. seeking shelter or refuge. n. a refugee. শরণ্য a. giving or capable of giving shelter or protection; worthy of being sheltered or protected. 7)

(p. 944) śiśna the penis. শিশ্নোদরপরায়ণ a. given to too much eating and carnal or sensual pleasure. 90)

(p. 944) śāstā a ruler; a teacher, a preceptor; Gautama Buddha. 17)

(p. 951) śūka a beard of corn, an awn; the chrysalis. ̃কীট n. the caterpillar; the chrysalis. ̃ঘ্ন a. larvicide. ̃ধান্য n. awned rice. 16)

(p. 949) śuṇḍa a proboscis, a trunk (as of the elephant); a snout (as of the tortoise). 36)

(p. 949) śiharana a thrill; a shiver or shudder; horripilation. 2)

(p. 935) śamana2 Yama (যম) the god of death; death. ̃দ্বার n. death's door. ̃ভবন, ̃সদন n. the abode of death; the Hades; death's door. শমনসদনে যাওয়া v. to die. শমনসদনে প্রেরণ করা v. to kill; to send (one) to one's death. 57)

(p. 944) śāhānaśāh (Mus.) a king of kings, an emperor; a great king. 22)

(p. 951) śbaśura a father-in-law; an uncle-in-law. ̃ঘর n. a woman's father-in-law's house, a husband's house. ̃বাড়ি শ্বশুরালয় n. a man's or woman's father-in-law's house. 93)

(p. 944) śiraśchēda, śiraśchēdana decapitation, beheading. শিরশ্ছেদ করা, শিরশ্ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead. 69)

(p. 944) śiba good, weal, well-being; one of the three principal Hindu gods, Shiva. a. good, beneficial; auspicious. শিব গড়তে বাঁদর গড়া (fig.) to do evil in one's attempt to do something good. ̃চর্তুদশী n. the fourteenth lunar day of the month of Phalgoon (ফাল্গুন) when Shiva is worshipped. ̃জ্ঞান n. the conception that all is good (যাত্রায় শিবজ্ঞান). n. the state of Shiva. শিবত্বপ্রাপ্তি n. death. ̃নেত্র n. the upturned eyes of Shiva; one with such eyes (eyes become so upturned on the eve of one's death). ̃বাহন n. the bull. ̃রাত্রি n. the night of ̃চতুর্দশী । শিবরাত্রির সলতে (fig.) the only son or the sole surviving descendant. ̃লিঙ্গ n. a phallic symbol of Shiva. ̃লোক n. the abode of Shiva. 54)

(p. 944) śiñjana, śiñjita1 the sound of the dancer's anklets or similar things. 49)