श्रद्दधाति

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of the oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) (whence also हृदय (hṛ́daya)) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”) (whence also दधाति (dádhāti)). Cognate with Latin crēdō (“I believe”), Old Irish cretim (“to believe”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ́d.dɐ.dʱɑː.ti/, [ɕɾɐ́d̚.dɐ.dʱɑː.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐd̪.d̪ɐˈd̪ʱɑː.t̪i/, [ɕɾɐd̪̚.d̪ɐˈd̪ʱɑː.t̪i]

श्रद्दधाति • (śraddadhāti) (root श्रद्धा, class 3, type P)

1. to have faith or faithfulness, have belief or confidence, believe, be true or trustful (RV. etc.)

   with न (na) — to disbelieve, etc.

2. to credit, think anything true (+two accusatives) (MBh., Kāv. etc.)
3. to believe or have faith in or be true to (with dative, and in later language with genitive of thing or person, or with locative of thing) (RV. etc.)
4. to expect anything (+accusative) from (+ablative) (MBh.)
5. to consent, assent to, approve, welcome (with accusative; with न (na), "to disapprove") (Kathās.)
6. to be desirous of (accusative), wish to (infinitive) (Kathās., BhP.)
7. (causative) to make faithful, render trustful, inspire confidence (RV. X, 151, 5.)

• Monier Williams (1899), “श्रद्दधाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095.