The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1858 page)

Pras
da
or prasad
.

1
In Hinduism, the sense (especially in the
Upani
ads
) of the free action of favour or
grace
, coming to the assistance of individuals and helping them toward
mok
a
(release). ‘Grace’ is thus opposed to ‘works’ (i.e. the strict working out of
karma
). See further, S. Kulandran,
Grace in Christianity and Hinduism
(1964); and for its importance among Sikhs see
SIKHISM
.
2
Food offerings, which are then shared among worshippers, carrying with them spiritual effect.
3
Peace of mind received, without effort, as a gift.

 
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Pr
sa
gika
.

A branch of the
M
dhyamaka
school of Buddhist philosophy which regards itself as adhering most faithfully to the methodology of
N
g
rjuna
, the founder of the M
dhyamaka system. It adopts the strategy of criticizing the views of its opponents by deriving undesired consequences (
prasa
ga
) from them, rather than setting out a positive thesis of its own. Main proponents of the Pr
sa
gika method were
Buddhap
lita
and
Candrak
rti
, while the Svatantrika cause was championed by
Bh
vaviveka
.