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Parichhá—the highest servitor of the temple of Jagannath.
Prasád—food dedicated to a god at his worship, and thereafter eaten by the faithful as something holy.
Prayág—the town of Allahabad, at the junction of the Ganges and the Jamuna.
Prem—love, the highest form of bhakti or devotion.
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 Jagannath 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 encyclopædic knowledge. In the book this title is applied to a great scholar and Vedantic philosopher of Navadwip, who had settled at Puri and was held in high honour by the local king. His father was the scholar Vishárad, a fellow-student of Chaitanya's maternal grandfather. His sister's husband was Gopináth 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.
Shloka—a complete verse, couplet or quatrain.
Shripád—a title of respect, here applied to Nityánanda.
Shri-Vaishnav—one of the four main sects of the Vaishnavs; they adore Náráyan and Lakshmi (=Shri), instead of Krishna and Rádhá.
Shudra—the lowest caste among the Hindus.
Subhadrá—the sister of Krishna.
Thug—a class of professional robbers who used to strangle or poison their victims, after mixing with them on the way, disguised as travellers.
