The Sanskrit term Dharmānusmṛti can be transliterated into English as Dharmanusmrti or Dharmanusmriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Dharmānusmṛti (धर्मानुस्मृति) refers to the “recollection of the Dharma” and represents one of the Anusmṛti (eight recollections), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 36.—Accordingly, “the Yogin should recollect the Dharma, skillfully presented, obtaining its retribution in the present lifetime (sāṃdṛṣṭika) without fear of burning (nirjvara), independent of time (akālika), leading to the good place (aupanāyika), the penetration into which is unhindered”

This Dharma is also free of the pairs of extremes (antadvaya), i.e., a life attached to the five objects of enjoyment and pleasure or a life of personal mortification. It is free of other pairs of extremes: eternalism (śāśvata) and nihilism (uccheda), self (ātman) and non-self (anātman), existence (bhava) and non-existence (abhava). Because it is not attached to these pairs of extremes, the Dharma is said to be ‘skillfully presented’.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Dharmānusmṛti (धर्मानुस्मृति) refers to the “recollection of the dharma”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection of the dharma (dharmānusmṛti), which is authorized by the Lord for the sake of the Bodhisattvas? The dharma is without attachment, and he who is attached to any dharma is without the recollection of the dharma. The dharma is without basis, and where there is no the practice of the dharma, there is no the recollection of the dharma. The dharma is calm, and he whose thought and mind are burning is without the recollection of the dharma. The dharma is beyond distinguishing marks, and he who pursues distinguishing marks is without the recollection of the dharma. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Dharmānusmṛti (धर्मानुस्मृति) or simply Dharma refers to the “recollection of the Dharma” and represents one of the “six recollections” (anusmṛti) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 54). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., dharma-anusmṛti). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dharmānusmṛti (धर्मानुस्मृति):—[from dharma > dhara] f. continual meditation on the l°, [Lalita-vistara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dharmanusmriti in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Anusmriti, Dharma, Tarma.

Full-text (+1): Dharmanusmrityupasthana, Anusmriti, Six Recollections, Kleshatyaga, Tyaganusmriti, Opanayika, Jvalana, Araga, Samyaksambuddha, Samyaktva, Bhutadharma, Samyaktvaniyama, Sambuddha, Aupanayika, Samdrishtika, Shaikshashaiksha, Shaiksha, Ashaiksha, Nirjvara, Akalika.

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