Samsmri, Saṃsmṛ: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Saṃsmṛ can be transliterated into English as Samsmr or Samsmri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySaṃsmṛ (संस्मृ).—1 P.
1) To remember, think of, call to mind; स्मर संस्मृत्य न शान्तिरस्ति मे (smara saṃsmṛtya na śāntirasti me) Kumārasambhava 4.17; राजन् संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् (rājan saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.76-77; Manusmṛti 4.149.
2) To recollect fully. -Caus. To remind, put in mind of; (pātālaṃ) मामद्य संस्मरयतीव भुजङ्गलोकः (māmadya saṃsmarayatīva bhujaṅgalokaḥ) Ratnāvalī 1.13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃsmṛ (संस्मृ):—[=saṃ-√smṛ] [Parasmaipada] -smarati, to remember fully, recollect ([accusative]; rarely [genitive case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:
—[Causal] -smArayati, to cause to remember, remind of ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to cause to be remembered, recall to the mind of ([genitive case]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃsmṛ (संस्मृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃbhara, Saṃbhala.
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)
Starts with: Samsmrita, Samsmriti, Samsmritopasthita, Samsmritya.
Ends with: Abhisamsmri, Anusamsmri, Pratisamsmri.
Full-text: Sambhala, Sambhara, Pratisamsmri, Abhisamsmri, Samsmarana, Anusamsmri, Samsmritopasthita, Samsmaraka, Samsmaraniyashobha, Samsmartavya, Samsmaraniya, Samsmarita, Samsmrita, Samsmriti.
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