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Glossary

Śālagrāma-śilā—Lord Viṣṇu in the form of a particular blackish
stone that is worshipped by many brāhmaṇas.
Sāma Veda—one of the four Vedas, the original sacred scriptures,
which are known to be eternal and of superhuman origin.
Śambhu—another name for Lord Śiva.

Sarayū—a river that flows through the city of Ayodhyā, the capital of
the Kośala kingdom.
Śāstra—a sacred scripture.
Śāstrī—one who has mastered the scriptures.
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa—one of the auxiliary Vedic scriptures.
Sat—real, spiritual, not false (as opposed to asat).
Sat-saṅga—association of saintly devotees.
Sattva(-guṇa)—goodness, one of the three guṇas or modes of
material nature. See Guṇa.
Sāvitrī—an ancient celebrated chaste woman who was able to bring
her husband Satyavān back from the dead by a sagacious argument
with Yamarāja.

Śeṣa—one of the first expansions of Lord Viṣṇu, and His transcendental
resting place.
Śikhā (shikha)—a tuft of hair tied at the back of the head, traditionally
kept by male members of Vedic society (especially brāhmaṇas).
Śikṣāṣṭaka—eight verses by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu about the
glories of chanting the holy names of the Lord.
Sītā(devī)—the divine consort of Lord Rāma and adopted daughter
of King Janaka of Mithilā.
Sītā-Rāma—Lord Rāma and Śrīmatī Sītādevī, who are worshipped
as the Divine Couple.
Śiva, Lord—the demigod in charge of the destruction of the material
world and famous as the best of Vaiṣṇavas.
Śiva-liṅga—the form of Lord Śiva that is worshipped in his temples.

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