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Sáhib = lit., gentleman; the term of respect usually applied to Englishmen.
Samádh = the posture assumed by an ascetic for contemplation of the Deity. There are a great variety of these, each possessing its own peculiar merit.
Sangar = an entrenchment. In the mountain warfare of Afghanistán these are made of short walls of stones on the hillside.
Sanyási = the fourth stage in the life of a devout Hindu, when he retires from the world, and gives himself up entirely to religious meditation.
Sardár = a chief, an Afghán nobleman.
Sarkár = the usual term for the British Government.
Sharm = shame. The Afghán idea underlying this word is a complex, in which shame, public disgrace, modesty, delicacy, sense of honour, all share in varying degree. He is always talking of it.
Sháster = a religious book of the Hindus.
Shesham = a common tree on the frontier that yields an excellent hard wood for various articles of household use—Dalbergia sisso.
Sowár = a horseman.