feminine · saddhā 1 · saddhā 2
faith
faith; devotion
Saddhā (feminine) [cf. Vedic śraddhā: see saddahati] faith (on term cf. Geiger, Saṃyutta translation, ZB II 452) D I 63; III 164 f.; S I 172 = Snp 76; S V 196; Dhp 144; A I 150, 210; III 4 f., 352; IV 23; V 96; Dhs 12; Miln 34 f.; Tikap 61, 166, 277, 282. — instrumental saddhāya (used as adverb) in faith, by faith in (accusative or genitive) Vin II 289 (āyasmantānaṃ); Ja V 176 (pabbajita); Pv-a 49 (kammaphalaṃ s.); or shortened to saddhā (-pabbajita) M I 123; A I 24; Ja I 130. The same phrase as saddhāya pabbajita at S I 120 is explained as "saddahitvā" by Buddhaghosa (see K.S. I 321), thus taking it as gerund. -ānusārin walking according to faith M I 479; A I 74; Pp 15; Nett 112, 189; -indriya (saddh°) the faculty, i.e. the moral sense, of faith D III 239, 278; A II 149; S V 193, 377; Dhs 12, 62, 75; Nett 19; -cariyā living in faith Vism 101; -deyya a gift in faith D I 5; Vin I 298; IV 30; Sv I 81; -vimutta emancipated through faith M I 478; A I 74, 118 f.; Pp 15; Nett 190; -vimutti emancipation through faith Pp 15.
【陰】 信心，熱愛。~tabba,【潛】 應該相信。~deyya,【形】 信施（信心的禮物）。~dhana,【中】 信財（信心的財富）。~yika,【形】可信賴的。~lū,【形】 很投入的。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Saddhā</c> </b> <br>An upāsikā of Sāvatthī. Thinking that to allow a monk to have intercourse with her would be the highest gift, she accosted a monk and offered herself. The offer was, however, refused. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iii.39</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(fem, fem, abstr, from saddahati) faith; belief; trust (in) faith [lit.] putting heart Construction: sad + √dhā + ā
(fem, fem, abstr, from saddahati) confidence; assurance; conviction (in) [lit.] putting heart Construction: sad + √dhā + ā
(fem, fem, abstr, from saddahati) (romantic) devotion; love devotion [lit.] supporting the heart Construction: sad + √dhā + ā