Samsmriti, Saṃsmṛti: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Saṃsmṛti can be transliterated into English as Samsmrti or Samsmriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति).—f. Remembrance, recollection; संस्मृतिर्भव भवत्यभवाय (saṃsmṛtirbhava bhavatyabhavāya) Kirātārjunīya 18.27.
Derivable forms: saṃsmṛtiḥ (संस्मृतिः).
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) Recollection, remembrance. E. sam before smṛ to remember, aff. ktin .
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति).—i. e. sam-smṛ + ti f. Remembrance, [Kirātārjunīya] 18, 27.
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति).—[feminine] = saṃsmaraṇa.
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति):—[=saṃ-smṛti] [from saṃ-smṛta > saṃ-smṛ] f. remembering, remembrance of ([genitive case] or [compound]; acc, with √labh, ‘to remember’), [Kāvya literature; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā etc.]
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति):—[saṃ-smṛti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Remembering, remembrance.
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति):—(von smar mit sam) f. das Gedenken, Erinnerung an (gen. oder im comp. vorangehend) [Kirātārjunīya 18, 27.] [Chandomañjarī 157.] Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 503, Śloka 7.] tatsaṃsmṛtiṃ prati so weit die Erinnerung daran reicht, so viel davon im Gedächtniss geblieben ist [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 56, 31.] saṃsmṛtiṃ labh sich Jmdes oder einer Sache wieder erinnern [Kathāsaritsāgara 55, 206.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति):—(nf) reminiscence; mneme; -[vijñāna] mnemonics, mnemotechny; -[viṣayaka] mnemonic, mnemotechnic.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Saṃsmṛti (ಸಂಸ್ಮೃತಿ):—[noun] something remembered; memory; remembrance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Saṃsmṛti (संस्मृति):—n. remembrance; reminiscence; memory; recall;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Sam, Smriti, Cam.
Full-text (+0): Nashtasamsmriti, Sansmriti.
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