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Shraddha

Faith deified in one short hymn (Rigveda 10.151): by Faith the fire is kindled and the offering made; she is invoked at morning, noon and sunset. The Brahmanas make her daughter of the Sun or of Prajapati (per Macdonell).

Sources: Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer; Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) · see Shraddha's web

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Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896), hymns read for the Vedic layer § 10.151 Primary text (translation)
Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897) § s40 Scholarly