SHESH NÁG: The snake of one thousand hoods who supports the earth. SHEVARI: A kind of tree. SHIKHANDI: Amba born as the daughter of Drupada. She was given out to be, and brought up as, a male child. SHIKHAR: Top. SHIKOTAR: Name of a goddess. SHILI: Stale. SHILI SÁTEM: The stale seventh, the seventh day of the dark half of Shrávan. SHIRÁLSHET: Name of an ancient Váni or trader who became a king, and reigned three and a half ghatika (a measure of time). SHISHIR-RITU: The cold season. SHIT: The fowl tied to the top of the bamboo planted in the pit of the Holi fire. SHITALA ASHTAKA: A hymn in praise of the goddess Shitala. SHITALÁI-PUJAN: A holiday observed by women. SHITALÁDEVI: The small-pox goddess. SHITALA MÁTA: See Shitaládevi. SHITAL-SAPTAMI: See Shili Sátem. SHIVA: The third god of the Hindu Trinity. SHIVALANGI: Name of a plant. SHIVÁ-MUTHA: A vow in which handfuls of corn are offered by married girls to the god Vishnu on every Monday in the month of Shrávan. SHIVARÁTRA: The fourteenth day of the dark half of every month sacred for the worship of Shiva. SHIVARÁTRI: See Shivarátra. SHIWANI: A kind of tree. SHIWAR: An offering of boiled rice mixed with curds; an offering of a goat or fowl. SHLOKA: A stanza, a verse. SHODASHOPACHÁR: The sixteen ways of doing homage. SHOKA-PAGLÁN: Morning foot prints. SHRÁVAD: A kind of shrub. SHRÁVAK: A term applied to the members of the Jain religion. SHRÁVAN: The fifth month of the Deccani and the tenth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year. SHRÁVANI: The ceremony of renewing the sacred thread. SHRAWANA: Name of a constellation. SHRI DUTTA: Name of a deity. SHRINGÁR ÁRATI: See Shangár árati. SHRINGHI: Name of a sage. SHRI SATYA NÁRÁYAN: Name of a deity. SHUDDHA: Pure; the bright half of a month. SHUDRA: The last of the four-fold divisions of Manu. SHUKAMUNI: Name of a sage. SHUKRA: Venus. SIDDHA: An order of semi-divine beings. SIDDHA PURUSHA: A magician. SIDDHI: Accomplishment; the acquisition of supernatural powers; name of a wife of Ganpati. SIDDHI KARAN: Name of a book in which Dharmarája keeps an account of the good and bad actions of men. SIDHA: Uncooked articles of food. SIDIO: Nigro-like. SIKAN: A sling. SIKE: A sling. SIKOTARU: See Sikoturu. SIKOTURU: Ghost of a woman dying with certain desires unfulfilled. SIMÁNT: The first pregnancy ceremony. SINDHÁVÁR: Name of a goddess. SINDUR: Red lead. SINHA: A lion; Leo. SINHIKA: The mother of Ráhu. SITA: The consort of Ráma. SIWA BÁNDHANE: Binding the boundary-name of a ceremony. SIWO: Sewn. SMÁRTA AGNI: The fire which is kept constantly burning and worshipped during the Cháturmás. SOD-MUNJ: The ceremony of loosening the munja (string) from the loins of a Bráhman. SOLANKI: Name of a clan of Rajputs. SOLA SOMVÁR-VRATA: A vow observed on sixteen successive Mondays. SOMAPA: Name of a water nymph. SOMAVATI-AMÁVÁSYA: The fifteenth day of the dark half of a month falling on Monday.