Ashtadashasmritikarin, Aṣṭādaśasmṛtikārin, Ashtadashan-smritikarin: 1 definition

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Ashtadashasmritikarin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Aṣṭādaśasmṛtikārin can be transliterated into English as Astadasasmrtikarin or Ashtadashasmritikarin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṣṭādaśasmṛtikārin (अष्टादशस्मृतिकारिन्).—m. pl. the eighteen Smṛtikāras or law-givers of the Āryas; विष्णुः पराशरो दक्षः संवर्तव्यासहारिताः । शातातपो वसिष्ठश्च यमापस्तम्बगौतमाः । देवलः शङ्खलिखितौ भरद्वाजोशनोऽत्रयः । शौनको याज्ञवल्क्यश्च दशाष्टौ स्मृतिकारिणः (viṣṇuḥ parāśaro dakṣaḥ saṃvartavyāsahāritāḥ | śātātapo vasiṣṭhaśca yamāpastambagautamāḥ | devalaḥ śaṅkhalikhitau bharadvājośano'trayaḥ | śaunako yājñavalkyaśca daśāṣṭau smṛtikāriṇaḥ) ||

Aṣṭādaśasmṛtikārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭādaśan and smṛtikārin (स्मृतिकारिन्).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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