Puri—(1) a town on the sea-coast in Orissa, containing the temple of Jagannáth. (2) the title of an order of monks.
Purushottam—a title of Vishnu; usually applied to the temple of Jagannáth at Puri.
Rárh—the upland of Burdwan and Birbhum districts, west of the Ganges.
Sankirtan—see kirtan.
Sannyási—ascetic, monk, religious mendicant.
Sárvabhauma—i.e., "universal doctor," a man of encyclopaedic knowledge. In the book this title is applied to a great scholar and Vedántic philosopher of Navadwip, who had settled at Puri and was held in high honour by the local king. His father was the scholar Visharád, a fellow-student of Chaitanya's maternal grandfather. His sister's husband was Gopinath Acharya, who, too, lived at Puri. Also called the Bhattáchárya, and Bhatta; not to be confounded with the Bhattáchárya (i.e., Balabhadra) of ch. xv-xxiii.
Shálgrám—a round dark pebble, worshipped as an emblem of Vishnu, (found in the Gandak river).
Shántipur—a town on the Ganges, some miles below Navadwip.
Shástra—Scripture.
Shikdár—the revenue collector of a district, local governor.