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Definition of Jagannath
1. Noun. An avatar of Vishnu.
Definition of Jagannath
1. n. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jagannath
Literary usage of Jagannath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"Jagannath. This deity is not reckoned as one of the Avataras of Vishnu in the
Puranic lists ; but though tradition declares him to be an appearance of ..."
2. Report on the Elura Cave Temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina Caves in by James Burgess, Georg Bühler (1883)
"THE Jagannath SABHA. The second large Jaina cave in this group is known as the
Jagannath Sabha,2 and is so close to the Indra Sabha that the wall of the ..."
3. Chota Nagpore, a Little-known Province of the Empire by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1903)
"Five miles out from Ranch! is the largest and most important of them all—the
temple of Jagannath. It is built on the plan of the great Jagannath temple at ..."
4. The Bhilsa Topes, Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a by Alexander Cunningham (1854)
"Another drawing of Jagannath, and his brother and sister, may he found in vol.
vi., p. 450, of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. ..."
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