prasada
English
Noun
prasada (plural prasadas)
- (India) A religious offering, usually of vegetarian food consumed by worshippers after worship, in Hinduism and Sikhism.
Alternative forms
Balinese
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦥꦿꦱꦢ (prasada, “candi, building, palace”), from Old Javanese prāsāda (“lofty building, temple”), from Sanskrit प्रासाद (prāsāda, “palace”). Doublet of persada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pra.sa.da/
- Hyphenation: pra‧sa‧da
Related terms
Further reading
- “prasada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
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