As a deity name
Name 126 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 567 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 256 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 127 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
श्रद्धा · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार की मनोवृत्ति, जिसमें किसी बड़े या पूज्य व्यक्ति के प्रति भक्तिपूर्वक विश्वास के साथ उच्च और पूज्य भाव उत्पन्न होता है । बड़े के प्रति मन में होनेवाला आदर ओर पूज्य भाव · बौद्ध धर्म के अनुसार बुद्ध, धर्म और संघ में विश्वास · वेदादि- शास्त्रों और आप्त पुरुषों के वचनों पर विश्वास । भक्ति । आस्था — Śabdasāgara
श्रद्धा · śraddhā · s.f.
Faith, belief, trust, confidence, reliance, credit; calmness or composure of mind; intimacy; respect, reverence — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 724
श्रद्धा · feminine
a female given name, Shraddha, from Sanskrit
श्रद्धा · feminine
faith, belief
Cited formation "श्रद्धा" is श्रद्ध + -आ: श्रद्ध means "श्रद्धा या विश्वास करनेवाला । श्रद्धालु । आस्थावान्", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "श्रद्धा" is श्रद्ध + -आ: श्रद्ध means "श्रद्धा या विश्वास करनेवाला । श्रद्धालु । आस्थावान्", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi श्रद्धा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śrad-dhā (ā), f., see below
śrad-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte (pr. p. śraddadhat, śrad-dadhāna; Ved. inf. śraddhe cf. śrat 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.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in (loc. or comp.; śraddhayā-√ gam, ‘to believe in’, with gen. ), trust, confidence, loyalty (Faith or Faithfulnesses i…
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M1 · same meaning "śraddhā" is the feminine form of "śraddha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
śrad-dhā (ā), f., see below
śrad-√ dhā P. Ā. -dadhāti, -dhatte (pr. p. śraddadhat, śrad-dadhāna; Ved. inf. śraddhe cf. śrat 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.
śraddhā 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.
śrad-dha mfn. having faith, believing in, trusting, faithful, having confidence, Kāṭh.; TS.
śrad-dha n. = śraddhā, W.
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