śrad-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.