# प्रसाद
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रसाद (prasāda).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾə.sɑːd̪/, [pɾɐ.säːd̪]

### Noun

प्रसाद • (prasād) m
* (Hinduism, Sikhism) a type of food that is served as a religious offering

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘰𑘟 (prasāda), from Sanskrit प्रसाद (prasāda).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾə.sad̪/

### Noun

प्रसाद • (prasād) m
* prasada; food that is served as a religious offering to devotees

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “प्रसाद”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “प्रसाद”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Sanskrit
### 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: /pɾɐ.sɑː.dɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɾɐˈs̪ɑː.d̪ɐ/

### Noun

प्रसाद • (prasāda) stem, m
* clearness, brightness, pellucidness, purity
    अम्बुप्रसाद (ambu-prasāda) — the clearing nut tree, Strychnos potatorum
    प्र्सादति (prsādati) — to be clear or bright
* clearness of style, perspicuity
* brightness (of the face)
* calmness, tranquillity, absence of excitement
* serenity of disposition, good humour
* 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
* Kindness personified as a son of Dharma and Maitrī
* clarified liquor, a decoction
* settlings, a residuum
* free gift, gratuity
* a propitiatory offering or gift (of food = प्रसादद्रव्य (prasāda-dravya), प्रसादान्न (prasādā-nna))
* 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)
* approbation
* well-being, welfare
* name of a commentator on the prakriyā-kaumudī

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: प्रसाद (prasād)
* → Kannada: ಪ್ರಸಾದ (prasāda)
* → Khmer: ប្រាសាទ (praasaat)
* → Malayalam: പ്രസാദം (prasādaṁ)
* → Old Javanese: prasāda
** > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦱꦢ (prasada) (inherited)
* → Old Marathi: प्रसाद (prasāda)
** Marathi: प्रसाद (prasād)
* → 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.