(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. 951) śrī Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষী); Goddess Saraswati (সরস্বতী); wealth, riches; affluence, prosperity; good luck, fortune; beauty, grace (মুখশ্রী); appearance; style, manner, attitude (কথার শ্রী); an appellation affixed to the name of a holy person dead or living or to that of a sacred thing or place (শ্রীসত্যেন্দ্র বসু, শ্রীচৈতন্য, শ্রীখোল, শ্রীক্ষেত্র); an Indian musical mode. ̃করকমল n. a lotus-like auspicious hand. ̃করকমলেষু to your or his lotus-like auspicious hand (a form of addressing a person politely in a letter). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. Puri in Orissa. ̃খণ্ড n. sandalwood. ̃ঘর n. (sarcas.) a prison, a gaol, a jail. ̃ঘরবাস a. imprisonment, incarceration. ̃চরণ n. an auspicious foot. ̃চরণেষু । to your or his auspicious feet (a form of addressing a venerable person in a letter). ̃চরণকমল n. a lotuslike auspicious foot. ̃চরণকমলেষু same as ̃চরণেষু । ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Magh (মাঘ) when Goddess Saraswati is worshipped. ̃ফল n. the wood-apple. ̃বত্স n. the clockwise circle of hair on the bosom of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃বত্স লাঞ্ছন n. Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃বৃদ্ধি n. increase of wealth; prosperity; advancement, improvement. ̃বৃদ্ধি লাভ করা v. to have one's wealth increased; to prosper, to thrive; to advance, to improve. ̃বৃদ্ধিসাধন করা v. to cause to prosper or thrive; to promote prosperity or wealth; to cause to advance, to improve. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from or bereft of prosperity; deprived of beauty or grace or glamour; dilapidated; ruined. ̃মণ্ডিত a. beautified; beautiful; graceful. ̃মতী a. fem. of শ্রীমান । n. a beautiful woman or girl; a young woman; Radha (রাধা). ̃মত্ a. gracious or glorious usu. affixed to the name of a saintly man or to that of a sacred book (শ্রীমদ্রামানুজ, শ্রীমদ্ভাগবত). ̃মন্ত a. fortunate, prosperous; wealthy, affluent. ̃মান a. beautiful, graceful, fortunate, wealthy, affluent (usu. affixed to the name of a junior person). ̃মুখ n. an auspicious face. ̃যুক্ত, ̃যুত same as শ্রীমান (usu. affixed to the name of a senior or respectable man). fem. ̃যুক্তা । ̃ল same as ̃যুক্ত (usu. affixed to the name of an especially respectable or adorable man). ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. deprived of grace or beauty or prosperity; ugly; wretched. 113)

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

(p. 951) śūrpa a wicker-work platter or tray for winnowing. 23)

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

(p. 935) śaṅku a long pin of wood or metal; a probe; a prod; a skewer; a wedge; a peg, a stake; a gnomon; (chiefly in conics) a cone. 27)

(p. 944) śilpa artistry; a work of art; a craft, a handicraft; arts and crafts; a technical art; an industry; fine arts. শিল্প অধিকর্তা n. the Director of Industries. ̃কর্ম n. a work of art; a handicraft; artistry. ̃কলা n. fine arts. ̃কলাবিত্ a. versed in fine arts. ̃কার same as শিল্পী । ̃কুশল a. skilled in handicraft or in artistic work. ̃কৌশল, নৈপুণ্য n. artistic skill; artistry; the method or technique of a work of art; technical skill. ̃জাত a. manufactured, industrial. ̃প্রদর্শনী n. an art exhibition; an industrial exhibition. ̃বিদ্যা n. a technical or industrial art; a craft; a handicraft; a fine art. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. an industrial or technical school; a school of fine arts, an art school. ̃বিধি n. an industrial act; a rule of art. ̃মন্ত্রক n. the ministry of industry. ̃যন্ত্র n. a machine. ̃যান্ত্রিক n. an industrial engineer. ̃যোজন a. industrialization. ̃শালা n. a workshop, a manufactory; a smithy; a studio, an atelier; a museum of arts and crafts. শিল্পায়ন n. industrialisation. শিল্পালয় n. an art institute. শিল্পিক a. artistic. শিল্পী n. an artist, a fine artist; an artisan; a handicraftsman (fem. handicraftswoman); (rare) an industrial or technical worker. 84)

(p. 942) śāla2 a shawl. 38)

(p. 944) śikhara top; apex, vertex; summit; crest; a mountain-peak, a peak. 40)

(p. 949) śun̐ḍ়i1 very narrow (শুঁড়ি পথ). 24)

(p. 949) śītāṃśu the moon. 8)

(p. 944) śikaḍ় (bot.) root. শিকড় গাড়া v. to root, to strike root, to take root; (fig.) to be firmly established. 29)

(p. 939) śalabha a kind of corn-pest; the grasshopper; the locust. 26)

(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. 951) śrōtriẏa a Brahman versed in the Vedas; a class of Brahmans who are not kulins (কুলীন); a Brahman of this class. 125)