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Re: Help - jagannatha/juggernaut
Sheryl Clay (sclay@connix.com) wrote:
: I don't know if I'm in the right place to ask this question, but I'm hoping someone here might
: be able to point me in the right direction.
: I'm trying to track down some information concerning the word "juggernaut," which my Webster's
: dictionary tells me is derived from the word "jagannatha." (Lord of the World?) The "inexorable
: force" definition associated with "juggernaut" is supposed to have something to do with
: "jagannatha" associated with the Hindu god Visnu, but I can't find anything behind the
: reference.
I think the word `juggernaut' does originate in `jagannath' but in a
different sense.
Every year there is a huge massive procession taken out in Puri (where
the Jagannath temple is) and it is in connection with this huge procession
that the word `juggernaut' evolved. `Juggernaut' also means
`an object that crushes whatever is in its path'.
I'm not sure though.
Thanks
--Rakesh
:Nothing I've read indicates that Visnu was a "destroyer god" in any of his
: incarnations, but I'll admit, I haven't read very much.
: So I'm stumped as to why a word meaning total destruction would be derived from an association
: with Visnu. Is there something about Visnu, or "jagannatha" that I am missing?
: If anyone can straighten me out - please e-mail me directly at sclay@connix.com.
: And thank you very much.
: Sheryl
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