Glossary Term
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- पबित्र
- Transliteration
- pobitro
- Rejected alternatives
- साफ (physically clean, ritual-purity sense only)
Holy
पबित्र (an Assamese/Sanskrit loan) conveys moral purity and being set apart for God. साफ must be reserved for physical/ritual cleanliness, distinct from the Kherai puja’s own purification rites performed before the doudini enters trance.