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Jagannath

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Borrowed from Hindustani (through Hindi जगन्नाथ (jagannāth) / Urdu جَگَنَّاتھ (jagannāth)) or directly from Odia ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ (jagannātha), ultimately from Sanskrit ज॒ग॒न्ना॒थ (jagannāthá, “lord of universe”) Doublet of juggernaut.

proper noun Jagannatha · Jaganatha · Juggernaut · Jaganaut · Jagarynat · Jagganaut

  1. Hinduism One of the names of Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. (literally) lord of universe
  2. A male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.

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name name of Lord Krishna and Vishnu

हिन्दीजगन्नाथ jagannāth

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@misc{jagannath_2026,
  title = {Jagannath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jagannath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}