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Definition of jagannath in English English dictionary
- {i} name of Krishna or Vishnu (Hinduism); Juggernaut, idol of Krishna located in Puri (India)
- It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution
- A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna, whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa
- The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings
- an avatar of Vishnu
- The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul
- Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car
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