Definition of Juggirnaut
Juggernaut (22) or Puri, a town on the S. coast of Orissa, in
Bengal; one of the holy places of India, with a temple dedicated to
Vishnu, and containing an idol of him called Jagannâtha (or the Lord of
the World), which, in festival times, attracts thousands of pilgrims to
worship at its shrine, on one of which occasions the idol is dragged
forth in a ponderous car by the pilgrims and back again, under the wheels
of which, till prohibited, multitudes would throw themselves to be
crushed to death in the hope of thereby attaining a state of eternal
beatitude.
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{ Jag"an*nath (?), Jag`an*na"tha (?),
n. Also Jug"ger*naut}. [Hind. Jagan-
nāth lord of the world, Skr. jagannātha.]
(Hinduism) A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna,
whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa. The idol is
considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. 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. Formerly it was erroneously supposed
that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of
this car. 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.
Jug"ger*naut` (?), n. [Skr.
jagannātha lord of the world.] One of the names
under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by
the Hindoos. [Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath,
Jaganatha, etc.]
&fist; The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut is at
Pûri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the
temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. Formerly,
fanatics sometimes threw themselves under the wheels to be crushed as
a sacrifice to the god.
{ Jag"an*nath (?), Jag`an*na"tha (?),
n. Also Jug"ger*naut}. [Hind. Jagan-
nāth lord of the world, Skr. jagannātha.]
(Hinduism) A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna,
whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa. The idol is
considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. 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. Formerly it was erroneously supposed
that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of
this car. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The term juggernaut is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable; that will crush all in its path.
- In Britain, it is also used to refer to any large and heavy lorry.
- An older meaning is for any institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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