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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
śraddhāश्रद्धाśrad-dhā (ā), f., see below
śrad-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte (pr. p. śraddadhat, śrad-dádhāna; Ved. inf. śraddhé cf. śrát above), to have faith or faithfulness, have belief or confidence, believe, be true or trustful (with na, ‘to disbelieve’ &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to credit, think anything true (two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to believe or have faith in or be true to (with dat., and in later language with gen. of thing or person, or with loc. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to expect anything (acc.) from (abl.), [MBh.]; to consent, assent to, approve, welcome (with acc.; with na, ‘to disapprove’), [Kathās.]; to be desirous of (acc.), wish to (inf.), [ib.]; [BhP.] : Caus. -dhāpayati, to make faithful, render trustful, inspire confidence, [RV. x, 151, 5.]
śraddhā́ f. faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in (loc. or comp.; śraddhayā-√ gam, ‘to believe in’, with gen. [Divyāv.]), trust, confidence, loyalty (Faith or Faithfulnesses is often personified and in [RV. x, 151] invoked as a deity; in [TBr.] she is the daughter of Prajā-pati, and in [ŚBr.] of the Sun; in [MBh.] she is the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma; in [MārkP.] she is the mother of Kāma, and in [BhP.] the daughter of Kardama and wife of Aṅgiras or Manu), [RV.] &c. &c.
wish, desire (śraddhayā ind. ‘willingly, gladly’), longing for (loc. acc. with prati inf., or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
desire of eating, appetite, [Suśr.]
the longing of a pregnant woman, [Car.]
curiosity (śraddhām ākhyāhi nas tāvat, ‘just satisfy our curiosity and tell us’), [Kathās.]
purity, [L.]
respect, reverence, [W.]
calmness or composure of mind, [MW.]
intimacy, [ib.]
a term for the fem. nouns in ā, [Kāt.]
(with kāmāyanī) N. of the authoress of [RV. x, 151] (cf. above)
du. (with prajā-pateḥ) N. of two Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
, śrad-dadhāna &c. See p. 1095, col. 3.
śraddhāluश्रद्धालुmfn. disposed to believe or trust, faithful, trustful, [Śaṃk.]; [BhP.]
(ifc.) vehemently longing for, [Rājat.]
f. a pregnant woman who longs for anything, [L.]
śraddhātṛश्रद्धातृmfn. one who has belief or is faithful, [MW.]
śraddhāvatश्रद्धावत्śraddhā—vat mfn. = -yukta, [Bhag.]; [MārkP.]
consenting, assenting, [Kathās.]
śraddhādevaश्रद्धादेवśraddhā́—deva (śraddhā́-), mfn. trusting in the deity, faithful, believing, [TS.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.] (cf. śrāddha-d°).
śraddhādeyaश्रद्धादेयśraddhā—deya n. trust, confidence, [Divyāv.]
also w.r. for next.
śraddhākṛtaश्रद्धाकृतśraddhā—kṛta mfn. done with faith or faithfulness, [W.]
śraddhāmayaश्रद्धामयśraddhā—maya mf(I)n. full of faith, believing, [Bhag.]
śraddhāpanaश्रद्धापनn. (fr. Caus. of śrad-√ dhā) a means of inspiring faith or belief, [Jātakam.]
śraddhāvatīश्रद्धावतीśraddhā—vatī (vatī), f. N. of a mythical town on mount Meru, [BhP.], Sch.
śraddhājāḍyaश्रद्धाजाड्यśraddhā—jāḍya n. blind or obstinate adherence to one's faithfulness, [MW.]
śraddhāmanasश्रद्धामनस्śraddhā́—manas (śraddhā́-), mfn. truehearted, faithful, [RV.]
śraddhānvitaश्रद्धान्वितśraddhā°nvita (śraddhānv°), mfn. endowed with faithfulness, believing, [W.]
śraddhātavyaश्रद्धातव्यn. (impers.) it should be believed, [MBh.]
śraddhāvittaश्रद्धावित्तśraddhā—vitta (śraddhā-) mfn. possessed of faith or belief, faithful, believing, [ŚBr.]
śraddhāyuktaश्रद्धायुक्तśraddhā—yukta mfn. having faithfulness, believing, [W.]
śraddhārahitaश्रद्धारहितśraddhā—rahita mfn. deprived of faith, disbelieving, [ib.]
śraddhāmanasyāश्रद्धामनस्याśraddhā—manasyā́ ind. (instr.) faithfully, [RV.]
śraddhānusārinश्रद्धानुसारिन्śraddhā°nusārin (śraddhān°), m. ‘a follower or observer of faith’, one who acts faithfully, a Śrāvaka at a partic. stage of his religious life, [Divyāv.]
śraddhāvimuktaश्रद्धाविमुक्तśraddhā—vimukta m. ‘released from faith’, a Śrāvaka at a partic. stage of his religious life, [Divyāv.]
śraddhābalādhānaश्रद्धाबलाधानśraddhā—balādhāna n. N. of wk.
śraddhāvirahitaश्रद्धाविरहितśraddhā—virahita mfn. = -rahita, [MW.]
śraddhāprakaraṇaश्रद्धाप्रकरणśraddhā—prakaraṇa n. N. of wk.
śraddhāsamanvitaश्रद्धासमन्वितśraddhā—samanvita mfn. = śraddhánvita, [ib.]