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Shraddha is the rudimentary stage of Bhakti.
 
Shraddha is the rudimentary stage of Bhakti.
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Yogapedia
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The term is derived from two Sanskrit roots: ''shrat'' meaning "truth," "heart" or "faithfulness," and ''dha'', meaning "to direct one’s mind toward."
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''The Bhagavad Gita'', in which Sri Krishna says, “''shraddhavan labhate jnanam'',” meaning “one with shraddha gains knowledge” - refers to a direct understanding of Divine truth, rather than belief through blind faith.
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The Bhagavad Gita also says that a person is what their shraddha is, alluding to the notion that an individual's character or nature is what shapes their destiny.
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Yoga Sutra 1.20 states that "the practice of yoga begins with faith". The term shraddha is used to refer to faith in this context, suggesting that connecting to shraddha helps to build faith in oneself and one’s decisions.
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Wisdom Library
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In Shakta Tradition
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In Shakta philosophy, shraddha is one of the names attributed to Devī, as chanted by the Vedas in their hymns, who were at the time incarnated in their personified forms. (''Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa'' chapter 5.51-68, called “the narrative of Hayagrīva”.)
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In Pancharatra Tradition
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In the Pancharatra tradition, shraddha is one of the twenty-four emanations of Lakṣmī accompanying Nārāyaṇa. This particular manifestation couples with his counterpart form called Padmanābha and together they form the eleventh celestial couple.
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In Vaishnava Tradition
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Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) refers to “faith in the statements of scripture awakened when one has accumulated pious devotional activities over many births or by the association and mercy of a pure Vaiṣṇava; the first manifestation of the creeper of devotion. The inner essence of the seed of ''śraddhā'' is the conception implanted within the disciple’s heart to serve Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in a particular capacity”.
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Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) refers to:—Faith in the statements of the ''śāstras'' which is awakened after accumulating pious devotional credits over many births.
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Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) refers to:—Faith; the firm conviction that all of one’s obligations will be fulfilled by performing kṛṣṇa-bhakti.
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In Purana and Itihasa
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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia
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1) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—A daughter born to Dakṣa Prajāpati by his wife Praṣūti. Twentyfour daughters were born to them. Of them, thirteen were the wives of Dharmadeva including Śraddhā.
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Dharmadeva had a son named Kāma by Śraddhā. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 7).
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2) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—Sūrya’s daughter. She had several other names such as, Vaivasvatī, Sāvitrī, Prasavitrī etc. (For more details, see under Sāvitrī I),
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3) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—Wife of Vaivasvata Manu. (See under Vaivasvata Manu).
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4) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—Daughter born to Kardama Prajāpati by Devahūti. She became the wife of Aṅgiras. They had two sons, Utatthya and Bṛhaspati and four daughters, Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati. (Bhāgavata, 3rd Skandha).
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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा, “faith”) is one of the twenty-four daughters of Dakṣa by Prasūti: one of the three daughters of Svāyambhuvamanu and Śatarūpā, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.16:—“Dakṣa begot twenty-four daughters. Thirteen daughters Śraddhā etc. were given to Dharma in marriage by Dakṣa. O lordly sage, listen to the names of Dharma’s wives. Their names are [Śraddhā (faith),...]. Thereupon the entire universe consisting of three worlds, mobile and immobile was filled (with progeny). Thus according to their own actions and at the bidding of Śiva innumerable famous Brahmins were born out of the various living beings”.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
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1a) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—A daughter of Kardama married to Angirasa. Mother of four daughters—Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumatī and sons Utathya and Bṛhaspati.*
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1b) A daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma; mother of Śubha and Kāma.*
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1c) A wife of Śrāddhadeva and mother of ten sons; observed ''payovrata'' and wanted the birth of a daughter. Ilā was born.*
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2a) Śrāddha (श्राद्ध).—A son of Śatrughna, the son of Anādhṛṣṭhi.*
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Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) refers to one of the daughters of Dakṣa and Prasūti: one of the two daughters of Manu-svāyaṃbhuva and Śatarūpā, according to the Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, Ākūti was married to Ruci and Prasūti to Dakṣa. Dakṣa produced in Prasūti twenty-four daughters. [...] [Dakṣa gave thirteen daughters Śraddhā and others to Dharma.]
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In Vedanta
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Source: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical Study
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) refers to “faith”.—Śraddhā is to believe in what you do not see and the reward is in seeing what you believed.
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In Ayurveda
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Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा):—Desire
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General Definition
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can be associated with faith, trust, confidence, and loyalty. Sri Aurobindo describes Śraddhā as “the soul’s belief in the Divine’s existence, wisdom, power, love and grace.”
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
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1) To confide, believe, put faith in (with acc. of thing); कः श्रद्धास्यति भूतार्थम् (''kaḥ śraddhāsyati bhūtārtham'') Mk.3.24; कामिन्यः श्रदधुरनार्जवं नरेषु (''kāminyaḥ śradadhuranārjavaṃ nareṣu'') Śi.8.11;9.69; U.7.6; श्रद्दधे त्रिदशगोप- मात्रके दाहशक्तिमिव कृष्णवर्त्मनि (''śraddadhe tridaśagopa- mātrake dāhaśaktimiva kṛṣṇavartmani'') R.11.42.
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2) To consent, assent.
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—
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1) Trust, faith, belief, confidence.
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2) Belief in divine revelation, religious faith; श्रद्धा वित्तं विधिश्चेति त्रितयं तत्समागतम् (''śraddhā vittaṃ vidhiśceti tritayaṃ tatsamāgatam'') Ś.7.29; R.2.16; अयतिः श्रद्धयोपेतो योगात् चलितमानसः (''ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāt calitamānasaḥ'') Bg.6.37;7.21;17.3.
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3) Sedateness, composure of mind.
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4) Intimacy, familiarity.
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5) Respect, reverence.
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6) Strong or vehement desire; तथापि वैचित्र्य- रहस्यलुब्धाः श्रद्धां विधास्यन्ति सचेतसोऽत्र (''tathāpi vaicitrya- rahasyalubdhāḥ śraddhāṃ vidhāsyanti sacetaso'tra'') Vikr.1.13; युद्धश्रद्धा- पुलकित इव प्राप्तसख्यः करेण (''yuddhaśraddhā- pulakita iva prāptasakhyaḥ kareṇa'') Mu.6.18.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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Śraddhā (श्रद्धा).—[adjective] trusting, faithful ([dative]).
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— [feminine] ''ā'' trust, faith, belief in ([locative] or —°); fidelity, sincerity (also personif.); wish, desire, longing for ([locative], [accusative] [with] ''prati'', infin., or —°); curiosity, whim, appetite.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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2) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा):—[=''śrad-dhā'']
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4) Śraddhā (श्रद्धा):—[=''śrad-√dhā''] [from ''śrad''] b [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] ''-dadhāti'', ''-dhatte'' ([present participle] ''śraddadhat'', ''śrad-dadhāna''; [Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] ''śraddhe'' <abbr>cf.</abbr> ''śrat'' above), to have faith or faithfulness, have belief or confidence, believe, be true or trustful (with ''na'', ‘to disbelieve’ etc.), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
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—to credit, think anything true (two [accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
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—to believe or have faith in or be true to (with [dative case], and in later language with [genitive case] of thing or person, or with [locative case] of thing), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
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—to expect anything ([accusative]) from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata];
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—to consent, assent to, approve, welcome (with [accusative]; with ''na'', ‘to disapprove’), [Kathāsaritsāgara];
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—to be desirous of ([accusative]), wish to ([infinitive mood]), [ib.; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :
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—[Causal] ''-dhāpayati'', to make faithful, render trustful, inspire confidence, [Ṛg-veda x, 151, 5.]
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5) [from ''śrad''] c <abbr>f.</abbr> faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in ([locative case] or [compound]; ''śraddhayā-√gam'', ‘to believe in’, with [genitive case] [Divyāvadāna]), trust, confidence, loyalty (Faith or Faithfulnesses is often personified and in [Ṛg-veda x, 151] invoked as a deity; in [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] she is the daughter of Prajā-pati, and in [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] of the Sun; in [Mahābhārata] she is the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma; in [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa] she is the mother of Kāma, and in [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] the daughter of Kardama and wife of Aṅgiras or Manu), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
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6) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] wish, desire (''śraddhayā'' ind. ‘willingly, gladly’), longing for ([locative case] [accusative] with ''prati'' [infinitive mood], or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
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7) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] desire of eating, appetite, [Suśruta]
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8) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] the longing of a pregnant woman, [Caraka]
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9) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] curiosity (''śraddhām ākhyāhi nas tāvat'', ‘just satisfy our curiosity and tell us’), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
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10) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] purity, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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11) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] respect, reverence, [Horace H. Wilson]
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12) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] calmness or composure of mind, [<abbr>Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary</abbr>]
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13) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] intimacy, [ib.]
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14) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] a term for the fem. nouns in ''ā'', [Kātantra]
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15) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] (with ''kāmāyanī'') <abbr>Name</abbr> of the authoress of [Ṛg-veda x, 151] (<abbr>cf.</abbr> above)
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16) [<abbr>v.s.</abbr> ...] [dual number] (with ''prajā-pateḥ'') <abbr>Name</abbr> of two Sāmans, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
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17) d ''śrad-dadhāna'' etc. See p. 1095, col. 3.
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References: Skanda Purana, Harivamsha, Markandeya Purana, Matsya Purana, Vishnu Purana
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