• Bengali Word শ্মশান English definition (noun) 1 elevated place for burning dead bodies; crematorium; burning-ground; cemetery/ burial place for the bones of cremated corpses. 2 (figurative) desolate/ cheerless place, house, etc. শ্মশানকালী (noun) a form of Durga (as the presiding deity of crematoria). শ্মশানচারী (adjective) roaming/ dwelling in or frequenting burning-grounds. শ্মশানচারিণী (feminine) = শ্মশানচারী. শ্মশানপুরী, শ্মশানভূমি = শ্মশান. শ্মশানবস্কু (noun) one who accompanies and carries a dead body to the burning ground. শ্মশানবাসী (adjective) dwelling in burning-grounds শ্মশানবাসিনী (feminine). শ্মশানবৈরাগ্য (noun) momentary abandonment of worldly desires at the sight of a burning-ground. শ্মশানসাধন (noun) magical rites performed in a burning-ground to obtain control over evil spirits. শ্মশানালয় (noun) place for burning the dead; burning-ground. শ্মশানালয়বাসী (adjective) inhabiting burning-grounds;  (noun) spectre; ghost. শ্মশানে পরিণত করা turn into/ reduce to a desolate desert; devastate; lay waste; ravage.