Lord

CRITICAL: Thakur (a regional loanword for ‘Lord/Master’ attested in Bengali-influenced Christian usage in the wider region) is used provisionally rather than Marang Buru, the presiding elder deity of the Sarnaism bonga pantheon, to avoid presenting Christ as merely the greatest among many recognized bongas. This choice is a live, contested translation question — some Bible translation efforts among animist-background peoples have instead adapted an existing high-god term rather than importing a loanword — and should be revisited with a Santali-speaking theologian rather than treated as settled.