The Sanskrit term Nivāsānusmṛti can be transliterated into English as Nivasanusmrti or Nivasanusmriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Nivāsānusmṛti (निवासानुस्मृति) refers to the “memory of (former) abodes”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (3). The Buddha has no lapse of mindfulness.—[...] Furthermore, by means of the [memory of] former abodes (pūrva-nivāsānusmṛti), the sciences and the powers, the Buddha has triply adorned his mindfulness which is perfect and without defect because his mindfulness often bears upon the past. Furthermore, as his faculty of mindfulness is of immense and inexhaustible power, his memory has no lapses. Finally, in the Buddha, all mental actions accompany knowledge: this is why his mindfulness has no lapses since at each moment it accompanies the mind. This is what is understood by mindfulness without lapse”.

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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.

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Partial matches: Anusmriti, Nivasa.

Ends with: Purvanivasanusmriti.

Full-text: Purvanivasanusmriti.

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