God

CRITICAL: ईश्वर (a Sanskrit/Assamese loan, standard across most Bodo Christian usage) is deliberately preferred over बाथौबुरै (Bathoubwrai, the aniconic supreme deity of traditional Bathou worship, represented by the sijou plant), to avoid presenting the biblical God as simply the existing Bathou high god under a new name. This curriculum should name and explain this choice rather than let it pass silently, since a well-meaning translator could easily reach for the culturally resonant native term.