Juggernaut
(JUG-uhr-not) 1. Anything requiring
blind sacrifice. 2. A massive relentless force, person, institution, etc. that
crushes everything in its path. From Hindi jagannath (one of the titles
Krishna, a Hindu god, has), from Sanskrit jagannath, from jagat (world) + nath
(lord). A procession of Jagannath takes place each year at Puri, India.
Devotees pull a huge cart carrying the deity. Some have been accidentally
crushed under the wheels (or are said to have thrown themselves under them).
