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{{ToBeEdited}}Shraddha (Samskrit: श्रद्धा) as a virtue broadly refers to a firm belief towards a deity or shastra.<ref name=":4" /> It is described as the rudimentary stage of Bhakti<ref name=":15">Tridandi Sri Bhakti Prajnan Yati (1991), [https://archive.org/details/ShandilyaBhaktiSutra Sri Shandilya Bhakti Sutras], Madras: Sree Gaudiya Math.</ref>

{{ToBeEdited}}Shraddha (Samskrit: श्रद्धा) as a virtue broadly refers to firm belief towards a deity or a shastra.<ref name=":4" /> As a quality, it is described as the rudimentary stage of Bhakti.<ref name=":15">Tridandi Sri Bhakti Prajnan Yati (1991), [https://archive.org/details/ShandilyaBhaktiSutra Sri Shandilya Bhakti Sutras], Madras: Sree Gaudiya Math.</ref> Shraddha is also a deity in the Rgveda.<ref name=":16" /> And is seen personified across Vedic literature from the Brahmanas, to the Itihasas and Puranas.<ref>Vettam Mani (1975), [https://archive.org/details/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft/page/734/mode/2up Puranic Encyclopaedia], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.</ref> This article explores the different facets of Shraddha from the Vedas to the Puranas.

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

== Shraddha as a Deity ==

== Shraddha as a Deity ==

The deity of the Rigveda Sukta 10.151 is shraddha.<ref>Rigveda, Mandala 10, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6.%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%A7 Sukta 151]</ref>

The deity of the Rigveda Sukta 10.151 is shraddha.<ref name=":16">Rigveda, Mandala 10, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A6.%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%A7 Sukta 151]</ref>

=== In the Brahmanas ===

=== In the Brahmanas ===