प्रसाद

See also: प्रसद् and प्रासाद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रसाद (prasāda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.sɑːd̪/, [pɾɐ.säːd̪]

Noun

प्रसाद • (prasād) m

1. (Hinduism, Sikhism) a type of food that is served as a religious offering

Declension

Declension of प्रसाद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रसाद prasād	प्रसाद prasād
oblique	प्रसाद prasād	प्रसादों prasādõ
vocative	प्रसाद prasād	प्रसादो prasādo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰসাদ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬲᬵᬤ (Balinese script)
• প্রসাদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰭𑰯𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀲𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ပြသာဒ (Burmese script)
• પ્રસાદ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦱꦴꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂮𑂰𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಸಾದ (Kannada script)
• ប្រសាទ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣສາທ (Lao script)
• പ്രസാദ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘰𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠰᠠᢗᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧍𑧑𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐳𑐵𑐡 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରସାଦ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢱꢵꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆱𑆳𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖭𑖯𑖟 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රසාද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑪁𑩛𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚨𑚭𑚛 (Takri script)
• ப்ரஸாத³ (Tamil script)
• ప్రసాద (Telugu script)
• ปฺรสาท (Thai script)
• པྲ་སཱ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒮𑒰𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨰𑨊𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्रसद् (prasad, “to fall into the power of”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.sɑː.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈs̪ɑː.d̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रसाद • (prasāda) stem, m

1. clearness, brightness, pellucidness, purity

   अम्बुप्रसाद (ambu-prasāda) — the clearing nut tree, Strychnos potatorum

   प्र्सादति (prsādati) — to be clear or bright

2. clearness of style, perspicuity
3. brightness (of the face)
4. calmness, tranquillity, absence of excitement
5. serenity of disposition, good humour
6. graciousness, kindness, kind behaviour, favour, aid, mediation

   प्रसादात् (prasādāt) — through the kindness or by the favour of

   prasādaṃ √kṛ — to be gracious

   दुष्प्रसाद (duṣ-prasāda) — difficult to be propitiated

7. Kindness personified as a son of Dharma and Maitrī
8. clarified liquor, a decoction
9. settlings, a residuum
10. free gift, gratuity
11. a propitiatory offering or gift (of food = प्रसादद्रव्य (prasāda-dravya), प्रसादान्न (prasādā-nna))
12. the food presented to an idol, or the remnants of food left by a spiritual teacher (which any one may freely appropriate to his own use)
13. approbation
14. well-being, welfare
15. name of a commentator on the prakriyā-kaumudī

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रसाद
Nom. sg.	प्रसादः (prasādaḥ)
Gen. sg.	प्रसादस्य (prasādasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रसादः (prasādaḥ)	प्रसादौ (prasādau)	प्रसादाः (prasādāḥ)
Vocative	प्रसाद (prasāda)	प्रसादौ (prasādau)	प्रसादाः (prasādāḥ)
Accusative	प्रसादम् (prasādam)	प्रसादौ (prasādau)	प्रसादान् (prasādān)
Instrumental	प्रसादेन (prasādena)	प्रसादाभ्याम् (prasādābhyām)	प्रसादैः (prasādaiḥ)
Dative	प्रसादाय (prasādāya)	प्रसादाभ्याम् (prasādābhyām)	प्रसादेभ्यः (prasādebhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रसादात् (prasādāt)	प्रसादाभ्याम् (prasādābhyām)	प्रसादेभ्यः (prasādebhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रसादस्य (prasādasya)	प्रसादयोः (prasādayoḥ)	प्रसादानाम् (prasādānām)
Locative	प्रसादे (prasāde)	प्रसादयोः (prasādayoḥ)	प्रसादेषु (prasādeṣu)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಪ್ರಸಾದ (prasāda)
• → Khmer: ប្រាសាទ (praasaat)
• → Malayalam: പ്രസാദം (prasādaṁ)
• → Tamil: பிரசாதம் (piracātam)
• → Telugu: ప్రసాదము (prasādamu)
• → Thai: ประสาท (bprà-sàat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रसाद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0696.