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Sunday, October 2, 2022

The Legend of Faith.

Faith : The Etymology

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The Sanskrit word "प्रेत्य" could be traced to be rooted in, or may have been derived from :

"प्र + एति"

which means one who has died and has left for the heavenly abode.

Another way could be from "प्रीणाति / प्रीति", meaning "is loved" or one who "loves".

The word "faith" is again cognate of फ़िदा / fida - one who has surrendered before the God or the Almighty, The Lord Supreme.

Fida has again connotation with the word :  fidelity, confidence, -- opposite of infidelity :  infidel - one who is a non-believer.

Yet again, faith could be cognate of Sanskrit :

प्रतिष्ठ / प्रतिष्ठा 

Where one firmly abides, rooted in, settled.

Offend, defend could be traced to :

अव प्रतं, अव प्रथं, अव प्रथं,  द्वि प्रतं, द्वि प्रथं,  अव स्पन्दं, द्वि स्पन्दं,... 

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