(p. 935) śakarakhanda the sweet potato, the yam. 10)

(p. 942) śābda relating to sounds or words; acoustic; phonetical; philological. শাব্দিক a. same as শাব্দ । n. one versed in acoustics; a phonetician; a philologist; a grammarian; a lexicographer. 16)

(p. 939) śaśīkalā a digit of the moon. 37)

(p. 935) śakha a capricious inclination or liking; a fancy; a hobby; a pursuit for amusement (শখের চাকরি); one's own accord or choice. শখ করা v. to incline to or choose or pursue capriciously or for amusement; to undertake or invite or choose voluntarily (শখ করে বিপদ ডাকা). 23)

(p. 951) śrābaṇa1 the fourth month of the Bengali calendar. ধারা-শ্রাবণ n. Shrabana (শ্রাবণ) the month of incessant rain or ceaseless downpour. 111)

(p. 951) śauca, śaucakarma, śaucakriẏā purity; sanctity; scriptural cleansing or purification of one's body and mind; washing or cleansing of one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels. শৌচ করা v. to wash or cleanse one's posteriors after evacuation of bowels; to cleanse or purify scripturally one's body and mind; to sanctify. শৌচাগার n. a latrine, a lavatory, a toilet. 89)

(p. 944) śiṅā, śiṅgā a horn for blowing; a trumpet. শিঙা ফোঁকা v. (sl.) to die, (cp.) to kick the bucket, to give up the ghost. 45)

(p. 939) śahurē of or living in a town or city, urban; townish; cockney. শহুরে জীবন town-life, urbanity. শহুরে হাওয়া (usu. dero.) influence of a town or city, urbanity. ̃পনা n. (dero.) urbanity, townishness; affected cockneyish behaviour or speech. 46)

(p. 951) śaibalinī a river. 47)

(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. 939) śaśā the cucumber. 33)

(p. 935) śajanē a kitchen plant, the horseraddish. ̃খাড়া n. the edible stem or stalk of this plant. 30)

(p. 951) śūpakāra (loos.) a cook. 21)

(p. 951) śōṣaṇa absorption; act of drying up; suction; (fig.) extortion. শোষণ করা v. to absorb; to dry up; to suck in; (fig.) to extort. 84)

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