(p. 951) śaila a mountain; a rock; a hill. ̃জ a. born of or grown on a mountain or a hill; mountainous or hilly. ̃জা a. fem. of শৈলজ n. same as ̃সুতা । ̃জায়া n. Menaka. (মেনকা) the wife of the Himalayas. ̃তত্ত্ব n. petrology; petrography. ̃ময় a. mountainous or hilly. ̃শিরা n. a ridge. ̃সুতা n. daughter of a mountain; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা), the daughter of the Himalayas. 49)

(p. 935) śakta2 hard, not soft; strong; stiff, obdurate; durable, tight; firm, steady; stubborn; severe, rigorous; strict; rigid; strenuous; niggardly, stingy (খরচের বেলায় সে শক্ত); harsh (শক্ত কথা) excruciating (শক্ত ব্যথা); difficult. শক্ত ঘানি (fig.) a very hard taskmaster; (fig.) a hard nut to crack; a very obdurate man. শক্ত পাল্লায় পড়া to have to deal with a person who is more than one's match, to catch a tartar. শক্তের ভক্ত নরমের যম (fig.) one who flatters a strong opponent but tyrannizes over a weak one, a jackal in Brobdingang playing the lion in Lilliput. 18)

(p. 939) śarmā a common surname of Brahmins (বিষ্ণুশর্মা); (in vaunts etc.) I, I the speaker, myself (এই শর্মা). 25)

(p. 939) śān̐kha, śān̐ka the conch; a conchshell, a conch. শাঁখ বাজানো v. to blow a conchshell or a conch. শাঁখের করাত a saw for cutting conchshells (this saw cuts bothways), a conch-cutter; (fig.) any object the presence and absence of which are equally painful, something which cuts bothways; a dilemma. শাঁক আলু, শাঁখ-আলু, শাঁকালু, শাঁখালু n. a white esculent fruit shaped almost like a conchshell. শাঁকচুন্নি, শাঁকচুর্ণী corruptions of শঙ্খচূর্ণী । শাঁখা n. a bangle for the wrist made of conchshell, a conchbangle. শাঁখারি n. a Hindu caste working and dealing in articles made of conchshells; a member of this caste; a worker or dealer in articles of conchshells. 48)

(p. 949) śītkāra hissing sound (indicating sudden sensation of pleasure). 14)

(p. 951) śrauta enjoined or sanctioned in the Vedas, Vedic. 127)

(p. 949) śukti, śuktikā nacre, abalone, ear-shell, oyster. শুক্তি-বীজ n. pearl. 30)

(p. 944) -śālinī of -শালী2 । 3)

(p. 951) śōharata announcement, proclamation. ঢোল-শহরত n. proclamation by beat of drums. 86)

(p. 944) śikāra hunting, venery; a hunted beast or bird, a prey; game. শিকার করা v. to hunt. শিকারে যাওয়া v. to go out hunting. শিকারি n. a hunter, a huntsman, a venerer. a. hunting. শিকারি কুকুর a hunting dog. শিকারি পশু বা পাখি a beast or bird of prey. পাখিশিকারি n. a fowler. 31)

(p. 935) śaṭha deceitful; swindling; knavish; sly; crooked. n. a knave, a crook. ̃তা, শঠতাচরণ n. deceit; swindling; knavery, chicanery; false play; sharp practice; slyness; crookedness. শঠতা করা v. to chicane, to deceive, to play false. শঠে শাঠ্যং an eye for an eye; a blow for a blow. 34)

(p. 944) śiśamahala a house made of glass or largely of glass, a glass-house. 85)

(p. 951) śailī style (রচনাশৈলী). 51)

(p. 951) ślōka a couplet, a distich, a verse, a poem; fame, renown (পুণ্যশ্লোক). ̃বদ্ধ শ্লোকাত্মক a. versified.

(p. 935) śapa a finely woven large mat. 47)