Pedanda

Quick meaning: Pedanda is a noun meaning In Bali, a Hindu priest or priestess.

Meaning

In Bali, a Hindu priest or priestess.

Example Sentences

The only people who are conversant with all the rituals of agama Hindu are the high priests, or pedanda, men and a few women of the Brahman caste who spend years studying the complex theology.

There are records of bitter village conflicts in which Pande families were denied the right to bury their dead in the village cemetery because the families did not obtain holy water from pedandas, and the villagers said the unpurified bodies would contaminate the cemetery.

Instead of the temple having an annual festival, services are carried out every new and full moon day and on other holy days, and the presiding pedanda, after performing a ritual to make holy water, gives a sermon, yet another innovation and departure from traditional practice.

Word Forms

• pedandas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include balian, leyak, pawang, puri, bomoh, pendaul.

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