Jagannath

American  

[juhg-uh-naht, -nawt] / ˈdʒʌg əˌnɑt, -ˌnɔt /

Also Jagannatha or Jaganath

noun

Hinduism.

1. a name of Krishna or Vishnu.

2. a regional Hindu deity in parts of India and Bangladesh, associated with Krishna or Vishnu: focus of an annual ceremony at the chief temple in Puri, Oshida, India, where an idol of the god is placed in a large, heavy cart and dragged by volunteers to a neighboring temple.

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Jagannath British  

/ -ˌnɔːt, ˌdʒʌɡəˈnɑːθə, ˈdʒʌɡəˌnɑːt /

noun

1. Hinduism other names for Juggernaut

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Etymology

Origin of Jagannath

First recorded in 1630–40; from Hindi Jagannāth, from Sanskrit Jagannātha- “lord of the world,” equivalent to jagat “the world,” literally, “moving” (present participle of jagāti, jigāti “he, she, it goes”; come ( def. ) ) + nātha- “lord, protector”

Example Sentences

Jagannath has treated patients with CAR-T therapy who have remained cancer-free for more than five years.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Payesh is believed to have originated nearly 2,000 years ago, as an offering to the Hindu gods in the Lord Jagannath Temple in Orissa, the former name of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Authorities in other states have also been rushing to test sweets offered at other Hindu temples, including the famous Krishna temple in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and the Jagannath temple in Odisha state.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

Jagannath Niroula, deputy director general at the Civil Aviation Authority, said anti-corruption investigators had spent two or three days in Pokhara looking into the airport’s construction quality.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

In 1872 he brought out two attractive volumes on the province of Orissa and its far-famed temple of Jagannath.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various