Prasãd (Hindi) or prasãda (Sanskrit)or Prasadam is both a mental condition of generosity, as well as a material substance that is first offered to a deity and then consumed with the faith that the deity's blessing resides within it. In contemporary Hindu religious practice in India, the desire to get prasada and have darshan (cross referenced) are the two major motivations of pilgrimage and temple visits. As a mental condition, prasãda has a rich history of meanings in the Sanskrit tradition from Vedic l ...

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Prasad:

an offering usually food to and from the guru or higher power

(See also: Prasad, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

prasad:

the grace of the deity given to the worshipper in the form of food after worship: see also jutha

(See also: prasad, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Satya Narayana Vrata

The observance of the Satya Narayana Vrata does not cost much. You need only give a small gift to the pundit who comes to read the story and then distribute some prasad which also need not be very costly. Some wheat flour and sugar will make up the prasad. A little curd and some fruit are required. Even the poorest man can observe this Vrata.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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Chhayavaad refers to the romantic upsurge in the Hindi literature particularly poetry, which began in early 19th century. Jaishankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Sumitranandan Pant and Mahadevi Varma are considered as the four pillars of Chhayavaadi school of Hindi literature. Jaishankar Prasad's Kamayani is considered as the first magnum opus of this school. ...

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In theoretical physics, D-branes are a special class of p-branes, named for the physicist Johann Dirichlet. Dirichlet boundary conditions have long been used in the study of fluids and potential theory, where they involve specifying some quantity all along a boundary. In fluid dynamics, fixing a Dirichlet boundary condition could mean assigning a known fluid velocity to all points on a surface; when studying electrostatics, one may establish Dirichlet boundary conditions by fixing the voltage to known values at particular locations, l ...

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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur (September 2, 1838 - June 23, 1914), a prominent figure among the Gaudiya Vaishnavas of Bengal, was born Kedarnath Datta in the town of Birnagar, Bengal, India. He was the son of Raja Krsnananda Datta. Bhaktivinoda married and had several children, including Bimal Prasad (later Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura), the founder of the Gaudiya Math and the guru of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhaktivinoda was also the father, as well as the initiating guru, of Lalita Prasad Thakur. The two brothes had sub ...

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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada (1874-1937), the well-known preacher of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, was born Bimal Prasad Dhutt in the seaside pilgramge town of Jagganath Puri, Orissa, India. His father was the Vaishnava scholar Sri Kedarnath Dhutt, later known as Bhaktivinode Thakur, the first to present the teachings of Chaitanyite Vaishnavism to the English speaking world and was a notable Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian. Bimal ...

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Bhaya has become a popular dialect in Indian. Originally it is spoken by people of the state of Bihar in India. This dialect has got its name because Biharis (people from Bihar) are called as Bhayas in rest of the country. The word Bhaya has now become synonymous to ignorant, short-tempered and low profiled people. The people speaking this dialect are considered low profiled. India's current rail minister and foremost politician from Bihar, Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, is a notable speaker of the Bhaya dialect. Sometimes people from

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Mahadevi Varma (1907 - 11th September 1987) was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. She is widely regarded as the 'modern Meera. Her descriptions of pain and sadness are extremely moving. She won the Jnanpith award in 1982. Mahadevi was born in Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh in a family of lawyers. She was educated at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Mahadevi was married at an early age, as was common in India, in her time. But she was not attracted to worldly pleasures and even tried to become a Buddhist bhikshuni, though unsuccess ...

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The Adi Granth (Gurmukhi: ਆਦਿ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ), literally "the first book" is an early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru. Often, the term is used to refer incorrectly to the Guru Granth Sahib. In actual fact, the Guru Granth Sahib is an expansion of the Adi Granth which was written in 1604. ...

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In Sikhism the word Amrit (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ) means immortal nectar. It is also a word used for the holy water used in the baptism ceremony by the Sikhs. It is believed that this word is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Amrita', and the ceremony requires the drinking of the Amrit. The water is created mixing a number of soluble ingredients, including sugar, and is ...

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Kāyastha or Kayasth is a Hindu caste in South Asia, whose place inside the four Varnas or main castes is disputed. Chitragupta decided that his lineage would wield the pen (quill) as its weapon rather than the sword. Legend says that he is employed by Yama, the God of Death, to maintain records about every human in Mrityulok or the mortal world. Hence Kāyastha became caste of scribes. Modern day Kayasthas probably number around 5-7 million (50-70 lakhs). They are subdivided into 12 main sub-castes who are ...

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Khalsa Panth is the theocracy that manages the affairs of the Khalsa. It refers to the entire nation of people who have taken the way of the Khalsa, and hence they are self-managed. ...

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A journey, in this case Guru Nanak's travel to many areas, going from the Punjab, to Mecca, Tibet, all the way to Rome, south of Russia, south of China, etc. ...

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Dasvand (Punjabi: ਦਸਵੰਦ) means to donate ten percent of ones harvest to the Gurdwara. This was done during the time of Guru Gobind Singh and some Sikhs still do it up to this day. ...

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The Chipko movement was a group of villagers in the Uttarakhand region of India who opposed commercial logging. The movement is best known for its tactic of hugging trees to prevent them being cut down. This gave rise to the term tree hugger for environmentalists. Also, it was notable in that the movement was led by women who were influenced by Gandhi. The name of the movement comes from the Hindi word for 'embrace', as the villagers hugged the trees, and prevented the contractors' from felling them. Chipko ...

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The University of Patna, the first university in Bihar, was established in 1917, and is the 7th oldest University of the Indian subcontinent. At that time, the jurisdiction of the university extended to Bihar, Orissa, and the Kingdom of Nepal. To begin with, the university conducted examinations for educational institutions under its jurisdiction right from school finals to the postgraduation levels. This continued almost for four decades, till the establishment of the Tribhuvan Univ ...

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PRASAD: anything consecrated by being offered to God or to a saint

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