(p. 951) śrēṣṭhī a merchant prince; a merchant; a banker; an opulent man. 119)

(p. 942) śāraṅga a stringed musical instrument akin to a violin. শারঙ্গী n. the aforesaid instrument; one who plays on this instrument. 31)

(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) śastra a weapon which is to be wielded by the hand and not thrown (e.g. a sword); a weapon; an iron tool for handicrafts; a surgical instrument or knife. ̃চিকিত্সক n. a surgeon. ̃চিকিত্সা n. surgery. ̃জীবী same as শস্ত্রাজীব । ̃ত্যাগ n. act of laying down or relinquishing one's arms. ̃ধর, ̃ধারী, ̃পাণি a. bearing arms, armed. ̃বিদ্যা n. the art and science of using weapons. শস্ত্রাগার n. an armoury; an arsenal. শস্ত্রাজীব a. earning one's livelihood as a professional soldier. n. a soldier. 42)

(p. 949) śīla nature; natural disposition; character; conduct, behaviour, manners; practice. a. (used as a sfx.) natured, disposed to (দয়াশীল); practising (দানশীল). fem. a. শীলা । ̃পত্র n. a character-certificate. ̃ব্রত a. practising virtues, virtuous. 18)

(p. 951) śrōtā a hearer; a listener. 122)

(p. 949) śiharita thrilled; horripilating; shivering or shuddering. 4)

(p. 951) śrabaṇa hearing; listening (to); audition; the ear. শ্রবণ করা v. to hear; to listen (to); give an audition. ̃গোচর a. coming within the range of hearing, audible. ̃পথ n. the ear; hearing. ̃বহির্ভূত same as ̃শ্রবণাতীত । ̃বিবর n. the earhole. ̃মধুর a. sweet to hear. ̃যোগ্য a. worth listening to, fit to hear; audible. ̃সুখকর a. pleasing to the ear. শ্রবণা n. the twenty-second of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. শ্রবণাতীত a. incapable of being heard, inaudible. শ্রবণীয় same as শ্রব্য । শ্রবণেন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of hearing, the ear. 106)

(p. 951) śūdra the lowest of the four Hindu castes, Shudras; a shudra. শূদ্রা a. fem. a female shudra. শূদ্রাণী n. fem. a female shudra; a shudra's wife. শূদ্রী n. fem. a shudra's wife. 18)

(p. 949) śukhā dry; exclusive of bed and board (শুখা মাইনের কাজ). n. drought (হাজাশুখা); roasted or sunned tobacco used as quids or in bidis (বিড়ি). 33)

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

(p. 935) śatāṃśa one hundred parts; (pop.) one hundredth part. 39)

(p. 939) śākta devoted to or worshipping Sakti or the female principle of creation. n. a worshipper of Sakti, a Sakta, a Shakta. ̃পদাবলি n. (pl.) poems or lyric poems in adoration of Sakti, the Goddess of creation or Goddess Kali. 52)

(p. 944) śikhā1 top, crest, summit; a tuft of hair on the head maintained uncut as by Brahmans; a flame; a beam (জ্যোতিঃশিখা). 41)

(p. 935) śambara a kind of antelope with branched horns; a mythological demon. শম্বরারি n. the enemy or slayer of Shambar (শম্বর) the demon; Madana (মদন) the Hindu love-god. 61)