[Advaita-l] shraddhAshraddha

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Satish Arigela <satisharigela at yahoo.com>wrote:

> namaste
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> Let us look at it closely:
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> शास्त्रस्य गुरुवाक्यस्य सत्यबुद्ध्या अवधारणा |
> सा श्रद्धा कथिता सद्भिः यया वस्तूपलभ्यते ॥
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> So shraddhA is defined as avadhAraNA of shAstra vAkya and guru vAkya with
> satyabuddhi.
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> The correct sanskrit word for faith is vishvAsa. Considering the usage of
> the word vishvAsa confirms this further. vishvasanIya i.e. trusted or
> something that can be trusted, andha-vishvAsa i.e blind faith.
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> Do we ever use the word shraddhA in normal Sanskrit literature to mean
> faith or trust? Any examples from the any kAvya or purANa? I would be
> interested in seeing them.
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> Regards
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Namaste

What comes most handy is the BhagavadgItaa usage.  In the verse 4.40 we have
the meaning given in the BhAShyam by Shankaracharya for the word
'ashraddhadAnaH' is 'guruvAkya-shAstreShu avishvAsavAn..'

Also there is this usage that brings out the above meaning:

शान्तो दान्तो अनसूयः शरणमुपगतः *शास्त्रविश्वासशाली*  शिष्यः प्राप्तः
परीक्षां कृतविदभिमतं तत्त्वतः शिक्षणीयः ॥ न्यासविंशतिः ३ ॥

This is a work of VedAntadeshika, a renowned AchArya of the vishiShTaadvaita
tradition.


Regards,
subrahmanian.v

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