

23. SANATANA MISRA:

        In his past incarnation he was Satrajit (GGD. 47).  He was the son of Durgadasa Misra.  Sanatana Misra's daughter, Visnupriya devi, was Lord Caitanya's second wife.

24.     SANJAYA:

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya.  According to CBh. the name Purusottama Sanjaya indicates one person, while CC. states that there are two different persons by this name. In Vaisnava Vandana 11 Jiva Gosvami praises one Sanjaya, Deva
kinandana also glorifies one Sanjaya (Vaisnava Vandana 38)

25.     SANJAYA PANDITA:

        He was the brother of Dhananjaya Pandita, one of the twelve Gopalas.  Sanjaya belonged to Sripata Jalandi, located about ten miles east of Bolpur railway station.  Sanjaya's son was Ramkanai Thakura.  Some hold that this Sanjaya was a discipl
e of Dhananjaya Pandita.

26.     SANKARA:

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Nityananda (CC. 1.11.52).

27.     SANKARA:

        A resident of Kulina-grama, belonging to the sakha of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.80).

28.     SANKARA:

        He was a disciple of Rasikananda prabhu.  (Rasikamangala Pascima 14.159)

29.     SANKARA BHATTACARYA:

        He was a brahmana by caste descending from Vedic lineage. He belonged to Sripata Naihati located near Katwa.  Despite being a brahmana of a high clan, Sankara took spiritual initiation from Narottama Thakura (a Kayastha).  (Premavilasa 20, Na
rottamavilasa 12)

30.     SANKARA BISVAS:

        A Vaisnava poet and disciple of Narottama Thakura

31.     SANKARA DASA:

        A Vaisnava poet, three of his poems are included in Padakalpataru.  One of these poems is about Lord Gauranga, and the other two are about Mathura.

32.     SANKARA GHOSH:

        As an accomplished player of the musical instrument called Dampha, he gave great pleasure to Lord Gauranga.  GGD 142 says that this Sankara was Sudhakara in his past incarnation.  One of his compositions is included in Gaurapadatarangini.  (V
aisnava Vandana of Jiva 281, Devakinandana 137, and Vrndavana dasa 136)

33.     SANKARA MISRA:

        He wrote the Rasamanjari tika on Gitagovinda.

34.     SANKARA PAGALA:

        He was a disciple of Advaita prabhu.  He was later rejected by Advaita Acarya for choosing the path of jnanamarga rather than the path shown by Advaita Prabhu (BRK. 22.1985-1988).  Reference to this Sankara can be found in Advaita-prakasa 20.
93 and Premavilasa 24th vilasa.

        In one Assamese book it is stated that this Sankara was born of Kusumvar Bhuiyan and Satyasandha of Baradoa village in Naogaon of Assam.  He studied Sanskrit under Mahendra Kandali and when he grew up he accompanied his teacher on a pilgrimag
e to Bengal (Gauranga Sevaka 1330 (1923 A.D.) P. 539).  In 1489 Saka (1567 A.D.) Sankara died at the age of 111 years.

35.     SANKARA PANDITA:

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya and was a brother of Damodara Pandita.  In his past incarnation he was Bhadra (GGD. 157, CC. 1.10.33).  He became famous amongst the Vaisnava community as Lord Caitanya's footrest (CC. 1.19.68-74, Nam
amrtasamudra 65, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 95, Devakinandana 28, Vrndavanadasa 31; Murari's Krsnacaitanyacaritam 4.1.4; CBh. 3.3.409; Karnapura's Nataka 1.20).  Sadasiva Kaviraja's Caitanyaganoddesa (mss. preserved in Orissa State Museum), states that
 Sankara Pandita was Capala in his past incarnation.

36.     SANKARANANDA SARASVATI:

        When Sankarananda arrived in Puri from Vrndavana he presented Lord Caitanya a stone from Govardhana Hill and a Gunjamala.  While absorbed in meditation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to wear the Gunjamala and place the Govardhana-sila on his h
eart and bathe it with His tears. After serving the sila and the garland for three years, Lord Caitanya then handed them over to Dasa Gosvami (CC. 3.6.288-307).

37.     SANKARARANYA:

        This was the sannyasa name of Visvarupa, the elder brother of Lord Caitanya.  Long before Lord Caitanya took sannyasa, Visvarupa accepted sannyasa at Kasi from Sri Krsna Bharati and left the world at the temple of Sri Vitthalanatha at Pandura
ngapur, now called Pandharpur.  In the course of His travels in the South, Lord Caitanya went to Pandharpur where He met Rangapuri, who told the Lord everything he knew about Visvarupa.  It is said that Sankararanya's samadhi is existing in Pandharpu
r.

38.     SANKARARANYA ACARYA:

        He belonged to the spiritual lineage of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.106).  After the Gundica temple in Puri was cleaned, Sankararanya sat with Lord Caitanya on the `pinda' and partook of Lord Jagannatha's prasada (CC. 2.12.154-158).  His Sripata
is located at Catra near Serampore in the district of Hugli (In some Vaisnava books Catra is referred to as `Carata').  A temple of Lord Gauranga still exists at Catra village.

39.     SANKARSANA:

        He was the father of Raja Rajendralal Mitra.  He composed several poems with the bhanita of Sankarsana.  In 1860 A.D. the book titled Sangitarasarnava was published.

40.     SANKARSANA PURI:

        According to Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva Gosvami (p. 290), he was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri.

41.     SANKETA ACARYA:

        He belonged to a subsidiary sakha (upasakha) of Gadadhara Pandita.  (Sakhanirnayamrta 51)

42.  SANODIA BRAHMANA:

        When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu arrived at Mathura, He went to visit the birthplace of Krsna and saw the Deity named Kesavaji.  When the Lord chanted and danced, all the people were astonished to see His ecstatic love.  One brahmana fell at the
lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and then began to dance with Him in ecstatic love.  Both of them danced in ecstatic love and embraced one another.  Raising their arms, they said,"Chant the holy names of Hari and Krsna!"  After this, Sri Caitany
a Mahaprabhu took aside the brahmana. Sitting in a solitary place, the Lord began to question him, "You are an elderly brahmana, you are sincere, and your are advanced in spiritual life.  Wherefrom have you gotten this transcendental opulence of ecst
atic love for Krsna?"  The brahmana replied, "His Holiness Srila Madhavendra Puri came to the city of Mathura while he was on tour.  While here, he visited my house and accepted me as a disciple.  He even took lunch at my home.After installing the De
ity Gopala, Srila Madhavendra Puri rendered Him service.  That very Deity is still being worshiped at Govardhana Hill."

        As soon as Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard about Madhavendra Puri's relationship with the brahmana, He immediately offered obeisances at his feet.  Becoming fearful, the brahmana also immediately fell at the Lord's feet.  Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sa
id, "You are on the platform of My spiritual master, and I am your disciple.  Since you are My spiritual master, it is not befitting that you offer Me obeisances."  Upon hearing this the brahmana became afraid, He then said, "Why do Your speak like t
his?  You are a sannyasi.  Upon seeing Your ecstatic love, I can just imagine that You must have some relationship with Madhavendra Puri.  This is my understanding. This kind of ecstatic love can be experienced only when one has a relationship with M
adhavendra Puri.  Without him, even a scent of such transcendental ecstatic love is impossible." Balabhadra Bhattacarya then explained the relationship between Madhavendra Puri and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  After hearing this, the brahmana became ver
y pleased and began to dance.

        The brahmana then took Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to his home and, out of his own free will, began to serve the Lord in various ways.  He asked Balabhadra Bhattacarya to cook the Lord's lunch.  At that time, the Lord, smiling, spoke as follows,
"Madhavendra Puri has already taken lunch at your place.  Therefore you may cook and give Me the food.  That is My instruction."  The brahmana belonged to the Sanodiya brahmana community, and a sannyasi does not accept food from such a brahmana.  Nev
ertheless, Srila Madhavendra Puri saw that he behaved like a Vaisnava and therefore accepted him as his disciple.  The food he cooked was also accepted by Madhavendra Puri.  Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu willingly requested food from the brahmana
, and the brahmana, feeling a natural humility, began to speak as follows:  "It is a great fortune for me to offer You food.  You are the Supreme Lord, and, being in the transcendental position, You are not restricted in any way.  Foolish people will
 blaspheme You, but I shall not tolerate the words of such mischievous people." Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "The Vedas, Puranas and great learned sages are not always in agreement with one another. Consequently there are different religious prin
ciples.  A devotee's behavior establishes the true purpose of religious principles.  The behavior of Madhavendra Puri Gosvami is the essence of such religious principles.  The solid truth of religious principles is hidden in the heart of an unadulter
ated self-realized person.  Consequently, as the sastras confirm, one should accept whatever progressive path the mahajanas advocate."
        After this discussion, the brahmana gave lunch to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  Then all the people residing in Mathura came to see the Lord.  Later the Lord took this brahmana along with Him during his tour of Vrajamandala.

43.     SANTA THAKURA:

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Nityananda.  His Sripata was at Rukunpura.  In his past incarnation he was Bhadrasena-Upagopala.

44.     SANTOSA DATTA (RAYA):

        A disciple of Narottama Thakura, he was the son of Purusottama Datta, the elder paternal uncle of Narottama. Santosa later became the King.  He built a township named Basantapur at Siala located near Kheturi.  Santosa was the minister of the
ruler of Gauda.  He was an erudite scholar as well as expert in the royal administration (BRK. 1.468-469)
        It appears that prior to Narottama Thakura's return from Vrndavana, his father Krsnananda and Uncle Purusottama passed away.  From that point Santosa is referred to with the title "Raja."  When Santosa received word from Srinivasa Acarya that
 the lost books of the Gosvamis had been recovered, Santosa celebrated the event in his kingdom (BRK. 7.269)

        Santosa bore the entire cost incurred on the occasion of the installation of Deities by Narottama.  Some believe that Basanta Datta was another name of Santosa.  When Syamananda prabhu arrived at Kheturi, King Santosa Datta warmly welcomed hi
m (BRK. 7.308)

        According to Narottamavilasa 2, Krsnananda Datta appointed Santosa to the royal seat.  The drama Sangitamadhava was written with the consent of Santosa (BRK 1.461-462).

45.     SANTOSA RAYA:

        He was the son of Raghavendra Raya and the brother of King Cand Raya.  By the grace of Narottama dasa Thakura, this dacoit, Cand Raya, along with his followers, was converted to Vaisnavism.

46.     SARANGADASA/THAKURA/SARANGADEVA:

        Bimanbihari Majumdar in Caitanya-Caritera Upadan P. 700 writes as follows:  Bhagavatacarya Thakura Sarangadasa belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.113).  In Vrajalila he was Nandimukhi (GGD. 172).  He was born in Budhan, accordin
g to Abhirama he was from Kulia.  His samadhi remains at Garbeta in the district of Midnapore.  Information available from Visnupriya Gauranga Patrika (Vol. 7, no. 10, p. 386) says that his Sripata was located at Jannagar or Mavigachi (Vaisnava Vanda
na of Jiva 213, of Devakinandana 101, of Vrndavanadasa 91)

        In GVA Haridasa dasa refers to two persons named Sarangadasa Thakura and Sarangadeva, but it is likely that they were actually the same person.  He states that Sarangadeva was a devotee of Lord Gauranga.

        On one occasion, after reprimanding Devananda Pandita, Lord Gauranga was on His way home, accompanied by Srivasa Pandita, when he came across Sarangadeva.  Lord Gauranga asked Sarangadeva why had never initiated any disciples. Sarangadeva rep
lied that he had not found any suitable person. Lord Gauranga blessed him saying, "Whoever you shall choose as a disciple will be most suitable."  Sarangadeva answered, "As you command, I shall initiate the first person I see tomorrow," and then offe
red his humble obeisances and took leave of the Lord.

        The following morning while taking bath in the Ganges he saw the corpse of a young boy floating in the river.  Obeying the order of Lord Gauranga, Saranga gave diksa to the dead boy.  Upon hearing the diksa-mantra, the boy regained his life.
 This boy had died of snake-bite on the day he had undergone the sacred-thread ceremony.  As was the custom of the time, he was thrown into the river instead of being cremated.  It was later learned that the boys name was Murari.

        When the parents of Murari heard that their son was alive they rushed to Sarangadeva to take back Murari, but Murari refused to go with them and vowed to dedicate the rest of his life to the service of Saranga.  Later, Murari became well-know
n as Thakura Murari.  Descendants of his family line live at Sar village in Burdwan.  The Deity service started by Murari still continue beneath a very old Bakul tree in Mamgachi village (Sri Sri Gaurasundara P. 113).

47.     SARKAR MALLIKA:

        Sanatana Gosvami's former name (See "Sanatana Gosvami"):

48.     SARVABHAUMA BHATTACARYA:

        According to Vrndavana dasa, Sarvabhauma was the son of Mahesvara Visarad and the brother of Vidyavachaspati. Laksmidhara, in his commentary on Advaitamakanda says that Sarvabhauma's father was a great Vedantist named Narahari. N.N. Basu in B
angera Jatiya Itihasa (Brahmana Kanda Part 1, P. 195) also supports this view.  Sarvabhauma was originally a resident of Navadvipa.  Locana dasa refers to him as Vasudeva Sarvabhauma.

        He came to Puri prior to Lord Caitanya's arrival there and established himself as a great contemporary poet.  King Prataparudra of Orissa gave Sarvabhauma a royal reception and offered him a golden throne next the King's in his court (D.C. Se
n Chaitanya and His companions P. 82).  Sarvabhauma played a major part in arranging Lord Caitanya's meeting with King Prataparudra.

        Sarvabhauma first met Lord Caitanya inside the temple of Jagannatha at Puri.  When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu first entered the temple of Jagannatha, He immediately fainted. Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then took Him to his home.  Meanwhile, Gopinath
a Acarya, the brother-in-law of Sarvabhauma, met Mukunda Datta and talked to him about Caitanya Mahaprabhu's acceptance of sannyasa and His journey to Jagannatha Puri. After hearing about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's fainting and His being carried to th
e house of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, people crowded there to see the Lord.  Srila Nityananda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannatha temple, and Mahaprabhu returned to external consciousness.  Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya received everyone an
d distributed maha-prasada with great care.  Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya then became acquainted with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and arranged accommodations at his aunt's house.  His brother-in-law, Gopinatha Acarya, established that Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu
 was Krsna Himself, but Sarvabhauma and his many disciples could not accept this.  However, Gopinatha Acarya convinced Sarvabhauma that no one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead without being favored by Him.  He proved by sastric quota
tion, that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was Krsna Himself in person.  Still, Sarvabhauma did not take these statements very seriously.  Hearing all these arguments, Caitanya Mahaprabhu told His devotees that Sarvabhauma was His spiritual master and that w
hatever he said out of affection was for everyone's benefit.

        When Sarvabhauma met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he asked Him to hear Vedanta philosophy from him.  Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted this proposal, and for seven days He continuously heard Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya explain Vedanta-sutra.  However,
 the Lord remained very silent.  Because of His silence, the Bhattacarya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedanta philosophy, and the Lord replied, "Sir, I can understand Vedanta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explana
tions."  There was then a discussion between the Bhattacarya and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upanisads and Vedanta-sutra.  The Bhattacarya was an impersonalist, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabh
u proved that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  He proved that the conceptions of the Mayavadi philosophers concerning the impersonal Absolute Truth are incorrect.  The Absolute Truth is neither impersonal nor without power.
 The greatest mistake made by Mayavadi philosophers is in conceiving the Absolute Truth to be impersonal and without energy.  In all the Vedas, the unlimited energies of the Absolute Truth have been accepted.  It is also accepted that the Absolute Tr
uth has His transcendental, blissful, eternal form.  According to the Vedas, both the Lord and the living entity are equal in quality, but they are different quantitatively.  The real philosophy of the Absolute Truth states that the Lord and His crea
tion are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different.  The conclusion is that the Mayavadi philosophers are actually atheists.  There was much discussion on this issue between Sarvabhauma and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, but despite all his endeavors,
 the Bhattacarya was defeated in the end.

        At the request of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu then explained the atmarama verse of Srimad Bhagavatam in eighteen different ways.  When the Bhattacarya came to his senses, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu disclosed His real identit
y.  The Bhattacarya then recited one hundred verses in praise of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and offered his obeisances. After this, Gopinatha Acarya and all the others, having seen the wonderful potencies of Lord Caitanya, became very joyful.

        One morning after this incident, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu received some prasada from Jagannatha and offered it to Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.  Without caring for formality, the Bhattacarya immediately partook of the maha-prasada.  On another day,
 when the Bhattacarya asked Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu the best way to worship and meditate, the Lord advised him to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.  On another day, the Bhattacarya wanted to change the reading of the tat te'nukumpam verse because he
did not like the work mukti-pada. He wanted to substitute the word bhakti-pada.  Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised Sarvabhauma not to change the reading of Srimad Bhagavatam because mukti-pada indicated the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godh
ead, Lord Krsna.  Having become a pure devotee, the Bhattacarya said, "Because the meaning is hazy, I still prefer bhakti-pada."  At this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the other inhabitants of Jagannatha Puri became very pleased.  Sarvabhauma Bhattaca
rya thus became a pure Vaisnava, and the other learned scholars there followed him.

        Once when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was accepting prasada at the house of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Sarvabhauma's son-in-law, Amogha, created trouble in the family with his criticisms.  The following morning, he was attacked by the disease of ch
olera.  Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu very kindly saved him from death and enlivened him in chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna.

        (The following is from GPC.):  Sri Vasudeva Bhattacarya was a favorite associate of Sri Gaurahari.  He was born in Vidyanagara, two and a half miles away from Navadvipa.  His father was Mahesvara Visarada and his brother was Vidya Vacaspati.
 Vasudeva Bhattacarya was the most important and the best Naiyayik (the master of Logic) in India.  He studied Logic in Mithila under the famous dialectician Sri Pakshadhara Misra.  When Sarvabhauma returned to Bengal after finishing his studies, he
could not bring any books of Logic along with him, thus he memorized all the books on Logic and returned to Navadvipa.  In Navadvipa he established a school and started teaching Logic to numerous students.  Within a short period, Navadvipa became the
 main center for studying Logic.  The renowned dialectician, Raghunatha Siromani, was his student. His notes on Logic were known as Dadhiti.., and for that reason Sri Gaurasundara sacrificed his own written notes on Logic in the Ganges.

        Sarvabhauma was also a great scholar of Sankara Vedanta. He taught Vedanta which is related to Advaita to many students.  At the special interest of Gajapati Sri Prataparudra, the king of Orissa, he used to deliver lectures on Sankara Vedanta
 in Puri

        Later, when Mahaprabhu was leaving for South India, after Sarvabhauma was converted by the Lord, Sarvabhauma requested Him to meet Sri Ramananda Raya there.  When Lord Caitanya denied to show His mercy King Prataparudra, Sarvabhauma trickily
managed the meeting between the Lord and the King at the time of the Ratha-yatra festival.  Sathi was the daughter of Sarvabhauma.

        Sri Madhusudana Vacaspati was one of the students of Sri Sarvabhauma and he used to study Vedanta while living in Kasi. The explanations, which were narrated by Mahaprabhu to Sarvabhauma, were heard by Madhusudana.  Afterwards, when Sri Jiva
went to Kasi by Sri Nityananda's order, he studied Vedanta under Sri Madhusudana Vacaspati, who taught him the explanations he heard from Mahaprabhu.

        Sarvabhauma was Brhaspati in Krsnalila.  Mrnalkanti Ghosh has rightly pointed out, "Had Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya been forced to leave Navadvipa due to the torture perpetrated by the Muslims, then his brother and other members of his family wou
ld also have migrated elsewhere;  but there is adequate evidence to say that they never left Navadvipa (Visnupriya Gauranga Patrika Vol. 6, no. 6, pg. 203).  In the commentary by Lakshmidhara entitled Advaitamakaranda, Vasudeva Sarvabhauma mentions h
is own father as "Vedantavidyamaya."

        Vasudeva Sarvabhauma wrote a Nyaya book entitled Samasavada and Saravati which was a commentary to Tattvacintamani.

        Extracting a verse giving information on Sarvabhauma from Kulaji sastra (Genealogical treatise), Nagendranatha Vasu states that the father of Vasudeva was named Narahari Visarada and the brother was named Ratnakara (Brahmana Kanda. Vol. 1, pg
. 295).  In his Advaitamakaranda tika Sarvabhauma introduces himself as the son of Narahari Visarada.

        CCN and CCM show that in two verses Sarvabhauma composed hymns to Lord Caitanya.  One of his verses was included by Sanatana Gosvami in the beginning of Vrhat Vaisnavatosani.  It does not seem likely that he could have written astaka, sataka
or sahasra nama on Caitanya.  Those hymns to Caitanya which are in circulation in the name of Sarvabhauma must have been written by some incompetent person--they are full of errors. Those are in Padyavali.  According to some other persons, Sarvabhaum
a hailed from the village of Piralya, presently Parulia, near Navadvipa and lived in Puri.

49.     SARVAJAYA:

        She was the youngest daughter of Nilambara Cakravarti, a resident of Belpukuria and the wife of Candrasekhar Acarya. (Premavilasa 24)

50.     SARVAJNA:

        He was the fore-father of Rupa and Sanatana Gosvami.  He was born in a brahmana royal family of Karnata (Mysore).
51.     SARVANANDA:

        He was a Vaisnava poet and the brother of Thakura Jagadananda.  He is said to have written a commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam.  Some say that he was born in Daksimakhanda, while others hold that Joflai was his place of origin.  (See also "Jaga
dananda")

52.     SARVANANDA:

        He was the younger brother of Lord Nityananda. (Premavilasa 24)

53.     SARVESVARA MISRA:

        He was the son of Upendra Misra and the elder cousin of Lord Gauranga.  (CC. 1.13.57)

54.     SASISEKHARA:

        He was born in Paran village in Burdwan district.  His brother was Candrasekhar.  Several bhanita's are found under the following names in Padavali:  Rayasekhara, Kavisekhara, Nrpasekhara, etc.  Sasisekhara was a disciple of Raghunandana Thak
ura of Srikhanda.  He wrote Gopala Vijaya.

        In the book titled Birbhum-Vivarana (an account of Birbhum district) 3.153, it is stated that the famous Vaisnava poets Candrasekhar and Sasisekhara were born in the family-line descending from Gopirama, the second son of Mangala Thakura of K
andra.  One of the compositions by Visvambhara Thakura, a resident of Kandra, bears out this fact stating that Govindananda Thakura was the father of these Sekhara poets who were born at Kandra.

55.     SASTHI (THAKURANI):

        She was the daughter of Vasudeva Sarvabhauma.  Her husband was named Amogha Pandita (CC. 2.15.200,252).  One day Lord Caitanya was partaking of prasada in the house of Sarvabhauma when Amogha Pandita turned up there and began criticizing Lord
 Caitanya's eating habits.  Both Sarvabhauma and his wife were greatly alarmed by their son-in-laws behavior, and Sathi began to curse herself.

56.     SASTHIDHARA (SATHIVARA KIRTANIYA):

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.109). In CCU, (p. 628) B.B. Majumdar states that Kavicandra was the title of Sasthivara.  He also says that perhaps there were two different persons named Kavicandra (Vaisnava Vandana of Jiv
a 252; of Devakinandana 122, and of Vrndavanadasa 116).  CC. 1.10.111 refers to one Kavicandra Gopaladasa.  The book Bhagavatamrta was written by one Kavicandra.

57.     SASTHIVARA SEN:

        He was a Bengali poet who wrote the entire Mahabharata in Bengali verse.  He also translated the Ramayana and Padmapurana.  He was born in eastern Bengal around the end of the sixteenth century.

58.     SATYABHAMA DEVI:

        She was the wife of Vrndavana-vallabha, the eldest son of Srinivasa Acarya (Karnananda 2).  She was a disciple of Isvari Devi and was highly learned herself.  She conducted studies of the Sanskrit works of Sanatana Gosvami and Jiva Gosvami.

59.     SATYABHANU UPADHYAYA:

        A resident of Srihatta (Sylhet), he was the brahmana pilgrim who worshipped Balagopala.  Lord Gauranga showered His mercy upon him by accepting the rice cooked by him.  He had three sons named Balarama, Janardana and Murari.

        Balarama was the initiated disciple of Lord Nityananda and a Vaisnava poet.  The Deity of Balagopala is worshipped at Sripata Dogachia.

60.     SATYAGIRI:

        His name is mentioned in Caitanyamangala of Jayananda P. 88.

61.     SATYANANDA:

        He was the youngest brother of Lord Nityananda.

62.     SATYANANDA BHARATI:

        He was a close associate (parsada) of Lord Gauranga.  In his past incarnation he was Jayanteya, one of the nine Yogindras (GGD. 98-100).  He is mentioned in the follows places:  Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 130, Devakinandana 48, Vrndavanadasa 44
; Namamrtasamudra 207; Pataparyatana of Abhirama.

63.     SATYANANDA GOSVAMI:

        He descended from the family-line of Lord Nityananda.  He published Tattva-sandarbha and Bhagavat Sandarbha with Bengali translations.

64.     SATYANANDA SARASVATI:

        A resident of Guptipara who served the Deity Vrndavanacandra (Pataparyatana).

65.     SATYARAGHAVA:

        According to Pataparyatana he was a disciple of Abhirama Gosvami and belonged to the Sripata in Mahinamudi village.

66.     SATYARAJA KHAN:

        A close associate of Lord Gauranga and a resident of Kulina-grama. In his past incarnation he was Sukanthi of Vraja (GGD 173; CC. 1.10.80).

        When Satyaraja arrived in Puri during the Ratha-yatra festival, the Lord directed him to carry the silken rope from Kulina-grama which was used for Lord Jagannatha during the festival every year (CC. 2.15.98).  Lord Caitanya explained to the
residents of Kulina-grama the various stages of a devotees advancement (CC. 2.15.104-111, 2.16.69-75)

        Lord Caitanya also praised the book Sri Krsna Vijaya written by Gunaraja Khan (CC. 2.15.100).

67.     SAUDAMINI DEVI:

        She was the mother of Nityananda (Balarama dasa), who wrote Premavilasa, and the sister of Atmarama dasa.

68.     SEKHARA PANDITA:

        He belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya.  Ramagopala dasa describes him as the disciples of Raghunandana.  However B.B. Majumdar states (CCU. P. 696) that it would not be proper to consider this Sekhara the same person as the later Vaisnava
 poet Candrasekhar.

69.     SEKH HABU:

        He was the prison-guard in whose custody Sanatana Gosvami was kept when imprisoned by the ruler Hussain Shah.  Sekh Habu was indebted to Sanatana for several reasons.  After accepting a large cash bribe, this prison-guard was instrumental in
helping Sanatana escape from prison (CC. 2.20.4-7, 14-15). (See also "Sanatana Gosvami")

70.     SER KHAN:

        He was a Pathan.  Later his Vaisnava name was Caitanyadasa.  He was a disciple of Syamananda prabhu.  A political representative of the Muslim Emperor, Ser Khan was possibly the ruler of Ambua Dharenda Pargana in Orissa.

        Premavilasa 19 writes as follows:  One day Syamananda prabhu was passing with his followers singing kirtana.  At that time Ser Khan arrived there and ordered Syamananda to stop singing.  When Syamananda refused to comply, Ser Khan crushed the
ir mrdanga and began harassing them.  Syamananda could not tolerate seeing his devotees harassed and burst into a loud road, which made Ser Khan severely ill and he vomited blood.  Out of fear, Ser Khan and his followers humbly surrendered at the fee
t of Syamananda.  All of them took spiritual initiation from Syamananda and became ardent Vaisnavas.

71.     SHAH ABDULLA:

        He was a Siddha Fakir belonging to Ghostikuri village. He was deeply attracted by the influence of Panua Gopala of Mangaladihi village in the district of Birbhum.  See the first Sanskrit sloka of the book titled Preyobhaktirasarnava.

72.     SHAH SUJA:

        He was the follower of Patasaha, a resident of Orissa. Depute by notorious Patasaha, Suja attempted to test the divine power of Rasikananda prabhu.  After witnessing how Rasikananda managed to push 14 elephants, the ruler Suja, sang the prais
es of Rasikananda.  (Rasikamangala Uttara 11.21-47)

73.     SIDDHA KRSNADASA:

        He was a Vaisnava saint residing at Govardhana.  Under the divine command of Srimati Radharani he wrote several books such as Bhavanasara Samgraha, Gutika, Paddhati, Prarthanamrta Tarangini.  Siddha Krsnadasa baba wrote Nandisvaracandrika in
1740 Saka (1818 A.D.).

74.     SIDDHANTA ACARYA:

        His name is mentioned in Jayananda's Caitanyamangala (p. 73).

75.     SIDDHANTA ACARYA:

        His name is mentioned in Jayananda's Caitanyamangala (p. 73).

76.     SIKHARESVARA:

        He was the friend of Rupesvara, the fore-father of Rupa and Sanatana.  After being defeated by his younger brother Harihara, Sikharesvara and his family settled in the kingdom of Rupesvara.

77.     SIKHIDHVAJA:

        He was a disciple of Syamananda prabhu.  (Premavilasa 20)

78.     SIKHI-MAHITI:

        Sikhi was kayastha by caste and the brother of Murari and Madhavi.  A resident of Orissa, he was born as Ragalekha in his past incarnation (GGD. 189).  Both the brothers and the sister were devotees of Lord Caitanya and lived at Puri (CC. 1.1
0.136).  Sikhi was a copyist by profession and wrote Madla Panji, the daily chronicle of the temple of Lord Jagannatha. (CC. 2.10.42, 3.2.106).  In Gurubhaktigita (of Achyutananda dasa, Utkal University, 1975, Vol. 3, Chapter XLIX, P. 176) it is stat
ed that Sikhi was Sasikala gopi in his previous incarnation.  This is also confirmed in Swarupabarnana (a manuscript by Rupa Gosvami, Utkal University Library, Cat. no. 382), as well as Brajbihar, (a manuscript by Dasarathi dasa, Utkal University Lib
rary, Cat. no. O.L. 49).

        Sikhi Mahiti was considered to be one of the most intimate associates of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.  After the Lord took sannyasa and came to the residence of Sarvabhauma at Puri, Sikhi, along with his brother and sister, went to meet the Lord.
  At their first meeting Murari and Madhavi accepted Lord Caitanya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sikhi, however, did not feel the same way.  He argued that this new sannyasi was certainly a saint but he should not be considered the Supreme L
ord.  Murari and Madhavi were extremely hurt by his words and immediately stopped associating with him.

        Later one night Sikhi had a dream in which he witnessed Mahaprabhu merging with Jagannatha and sometimes They appeared separately.  He also saw Mahaprabhu calling him by raising His hands and sometimes embracing him.  Seeing this delightful d
ream, Sikhi Mahiti's eyes became filled with tears and he began to weep profusely.  Hearing this Murari and Madhavi were alarmed and rushed to see what was happening.  When they saw the tears rolling down both cheeks of Sikhi, they immediately unders
tood that these tears did not arise out of fear, but were tears of love of God.  Thus the two brothers and sister hugged each other happily.  The next day Sikhi accompanied Murari and Madhavi to the Garuda-stambha in the Jagannatha Temple to surrende
r forever at the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.  (Caitanyacaritamahakavya 13.89-109

79.     SINGA BHATTA:

        A resident of Orissa who belonged to the sakha of Lord Caitanya (CC. 1.10.149).  B.B. Majumdar thinks (CCU. P. 701) that Maharastra was his place of origin.

80.     SINHESVARA ODRA:

        A brahmana by caste and a resident of Orissa, he was also called Odra-Sinhesvara.  (CC. 1.10.148, Caitanyacandrodayanatakam 8.2, Vaisnava Vandana of Jiva 233, Devakinandana 112, and Vrndavanadasa 104, BMO. P. 95.
