Ghaṭa Prāsāda

Ghaṭa Prāsāda · ghaṭa-prāsāda, “the prāsāda of pots”

Grammar: masculine noun; ghaṭa (pot) and prāsāda (temple).

Meaning: a kind of prāsāda in the form of many kalaśas.

In the scriptures: Sumantu tells Śatānīka how Nārada Maharshi taught Sāmba the kinds of prāsāda for the temple of Bhagavān Sūrya. Ghaṭa is named in his list of twenty kinds, after Sarvatobhadraka, and Nārada says it is in the form of 8,000 kalaśas (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 130).

Related terms: Prāsāda · Kalaśa · Garuḍa Prāsāda

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 130