Immensely happy or triumphant. A story, usually with animal characters, meant to illustrate moral principles. Faith is established through intuitive or transcendent experience of an individual, study of scripture and hearing the testimony of the many wise rishis speaking out the same truths over thousands of years. This inner conviction is based in the divine sight of the third eye center, ajna chakra. Rightly founded, faith transcends reason, but does not conflict with reason.
Faith also means confidence, as in the testimony and reputation of other people.
The Sanskrit equivalent is shraddha. Synonyms include astikya, vishvasa, dharma and mati. Hindus fast in various ways. A simple fast may consist of merely avoiding certain foods for a day or more, such as when vegetarians avoid tamasic or rajasic foods or when nonvegetarians abstain from fish, fowl and meats. A moderate fast would involve avoiding heavier foods, or taking only juices, teas and other liquids.