(p. 949) śītāṃśu the moon. 8)

(p. 942) śāẏēra a short lyric poem (usu. composed in Urdu or Hindi), a Sayer. 29)

(p. 951) śbāpada any carnivorous ferocious beast of prey; (loos.) a wild beast. ̃সংকুল ̃সমাকীর্ণ a. infested with ferocious beasts of prey. 96)

(p. 939) śaśāṅka the lunar crescent, a digit of the moon. ̃শেখর same as শশীভূষণ । 34)

(p. 951) śmaśāna, śmaśānapurī, śmaśānabhūmi a crematorium, a crematory, a cremationground; (fig.) a deserted and cheerless place, house etc. শ্মশানে পরিণত করা v. to turn into or reduce to a cheerless desert. শ্মশানকালী n. Goddess Kali (কালী), the presiding deity of crematoria. শ্মশানচারী a. roaming or living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানচারিণী । শ্মশানবন্ধু n. one who accompanies or carries a dead body to the crematorium. শ্মশানবাসী a. living in crematoria. fem. শ্মশানবাসিনী । শ্মশানবৈরাগ্য n. the perception of transitoriness of the world, with which the mind of a visitor to a crematorium becomes imbued for a while; (fig.) sham distaste or aversion for the world just before death. 99)

(p. 942) śāna2 a paved or cemented floor. শান বাঁধানো v. to pave. 6)

(p. 944) śiẏākula a wild-thorny plant or its berry; zigyplus oenoplia. 65)

(p. 949) śīdhu honey; a kind of alcoholic drink made from sugar-cane juice. 15)

(p. 951) śrōṇi, śrōṇī the hip, the buttocks, the loins, the posteriors. 120)

(p. 939) śākuna of birds, avian. ̃বিত্ n. an augur. ̃বিদ্যা n. augury. শাকুনিক n. a fowler; an augur. 51)

(p. 944) śibānī Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) the wife of Shiva (শিব). 56)

(p. 935) śaṅkha the conch; a conchshell (esp. one that is sounded by blowing); a conchbangle. n. & a. billion (1,,,). ˜চক্রগদাপদ্মধারী a. carrying a conch-shell, a discus, a mace and a lotus. n. an appellation of God Narayana. ̃চিল n. a species of white-breasted kite. ̃চূড় n. the kingcobra. ̃চূর্ণ n. conchshell powder. ̃চূর্ণী see শঙ্খিনী । ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নাদ n. the sound of blowing a conchshell. ̃ধ্বনি করা, ̃নাদ করা v. to blow a conchshell. ̃বণিক n. a dealer and worker in articles of conchshells. ̃বলয় n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell. ̃বিষ n. white arsenic, ratsbane. শঙ্খিনী n. a woman of the third of four sexual categories; the evil spirit of a woman who has died when her husband is still alive, a female ghoul (also শঙ্খচূর্ণী). 28)

(p. 951) śōla a large tubular fish. 79)

(p. 951) śunaśāna without a noise, completely silent. n. complete silence. 3)

(p. 944) śiśu1 gregarious tree, the Dulbergia sisoo, its timber. 88)