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saddhassa

saddha

masc dat sg of saddha (adj); nt dat sg of saddha (adj); masc gen sg of saddha (adj); nt gen sg of saddha (adj); …

1. faithful; confident; believing; devoted; trusting; lit. placing the heart
2. credulous; gullible; lit. placing the heart
3. name of a monk; lit. placing the heart
4. name of a monk; son of Sudatta; lit. placing the heart
5. food offered to ancestors; lit. placing the heart

Etymology. sad + √dhā + ā + a; from √dhā 'place, support'; Sanskrit śraddha [śraddhā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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