Smartakala, Smārtakāla, Smarta-kala: 3 definitions
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Smartakala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysmārtakāla (स्मार्तकाल).—m S Period prescribed by the smṛti, the legal period or term, i. e. one hundred years. smārtakālātīta Passed beyond the legal period.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySmārtakāla (स्मार्तकाल).—
1) the period to which memory may extend.
2) a century.
Derivable forms: smārtakālaḥ (स्मार्तकालः).
Smārtakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms smārta and kāla (काल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySmārtakāla (स्मार्तकाल):—[=smārta-kāla] [from smārta > smṛ] m. the period to which memory may extend (id est. a century [according to] to some lawyers), [Horace H. Wilson]
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: Smarta, Kala.
Ends with: Asmartakala.
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