Mahasmriti, Mahāsmṛti, Maha-smriti: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāsmṛti can be transliterated into English as Mahasmrti or Mahasmriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāsmṛti (महास्मृति).—the Ṣaḍaṅgas and Smṛtis; महास्मृतिं पठेद्यस्तु तथैवानुस्मृतिं शुभाम् (mahāsmṛtiṃ paṭhedyastu tathaivānusmṛtiṃ śubhām) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.2.3.
Derivable forms: mahāsmṛtiḥ (महास्मृतिः).
Mahāsmṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and smṛti (स्मृति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMahāsmṛti (महास्मृति).—name of a (virtuous) son of Māra: Mahāvastu ii.337.2. Text seems confused; verses attributed to him seem to be attributed to Janīsuta in 333.21.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāsmṛti (महास्मृति):—[=mahā-smṛti] [from mahā > mah] f. gr° tradition, [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Durgā, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
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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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Partial matches: Smriti, Maha.
Starts with: Mahasmritimaya.
Ends with: Pitamahasmriti.
Full-text: Mahasmritimaya, Mahasmrityupasthana, Mahadeva, Mahamoha.
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