Gospel

Follows the precedent of William Carey’s 1808 Serampore Sanskrit New Testament, which coined this compound (su- ‘good’ + samācāra ‘report/conduct-account’) rather than borrowing a term already tied to a specific school. शुभ (‘auspicious’) carries astrological/ritual-timing connotations (śubha muhūrta) that would misdirect toward a favorable-omen reading rather than a proclaimed historical message.