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'''Śraddhā''' ({{lang-sa|श्रद्धा}}) is often glossed in English as ''faith''. ''Āsthā'' is used for faith, religious beliefs and God.<ref>{{cite web |title=Faith - English to Hindi |url=https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-hindi/other/849865-faith.html |website=www.proz.com |access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref> The term figures importantly in the literature, teachings, and discourse of [[Hinduism]], [[Jainism]], and [[Buddhism]].<br />
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It can be associated with faith, trust, confidence, and loyalty. The teacher [[Ammachi]] describes it as the "constant alertness arising from Love", and when choosing a single word to translate it into English, has used "awareness".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amma-words.blogspot.com/2005/05/awakenchildren-awaken-children-112.html |title=Gospel of AMMA: [AWAKENCHILDREN&#93; AWAKEN CHILDREN ( 112 ) - SRADDHA - ALERTNESS |publisher=Amma-words.blogspot.com |date=2005-05-03 |access-date=2014-04-04}}</ref> Other writers have also described the concept with emphasis on the intersection of faith and mindfulness, and it has been translated in this vein with words such as "diligence".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vikramsurya.net/sraddha-cookbook |title=Sraddha — Diligence Cookbook |publisher=www.vikramsurya.net |access-date=2014-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203190246/http://www.vikramsurya.net/sraddha-cookbook |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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[[Sri Aurobindo]] describes Śraddhā as "the soul's belief in the Divine's existence, wisdom, power, love and grace." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.searchforlight.org/Darshan%20Messages/Sri%20Aurobindo,Mother,Yoga,Integral%20yoga,Divine,sri%20aurobindo%20ashram.htm#5 |title=Search for Light; Sri Aurobindo on faith |publisher=www.searchforlight.org |access-date=2014-08-14<br />
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Without diacritical marks, it is usually written as ''Sraddha''. Śraddhā is also a feminine name in India.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Shraddha (disambiguation)|Shraddha]]<br />
* [[Faith in Buddhism]]<br />
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