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Juggernaut


Subject Religion

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631181392.1995.x


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[ xvii ] An anglicized form of Sanskrit Jaggannatha , ‘Lord/Refuge of the World’, an A vatara of V ishnu , identified with K rishna , worshipped at Puri, Orissa. In an important annual festival, the image of Jagannatha is drawn through the streets in a huge temple-car ( see M andira ). The idea that devotees formerly flung themselves to their deaths under the wheels of the ‘Juggernaut car’ dates back in the West to the 14th century, but there appears to be no Indian evidence for it. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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