Smrita, Smṛta: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Smṛta can be transliterated into English as Smrta or Smrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Smrat.
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Marathi-English dictionary
smṛta (स्मृत).—a (S) Recollected or remembered; revived or retained in the mind.
smṛta (स्मृत).—a Recollected or remembered.
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
Smṛta (स्मृत).—p. p. [smṛ-kta]
1) Remembered, recollected, called to mind.
2) Regarded, laid down, recorded, mentioned; प्रसूतिभाजः सर्गस्य तावेव पितरौ स्मृतौ (prasūtibhājaḥ sargasya tāveva pitarau smṛtau) Kumārasambhava 2.7.
3) Appointed, designed; तस्य त्वं रणशिरसि स्मृतो निहन्ता (tasya tvaṃ raṇaśirasi smṛto nihantā) Ś.6.29.
4) Enjoined by a Smṛti or traditional law.
-tam Remembrance, recollection; स्मृतं च तद्विदां राजन् येन चात्मा प्रसीदति (smṛtaṃ ca tadvidāṃ rājan yena cātmā prasīdati) Bhāgavata 7.11.7.
Smṛta (स्मृत).—ppp. as adj. (= Pali sata, regularly followed by saṃpajāna), mindful, in a state of full awareness or consciousness, very common with following saṃprajā- na(nt): smṛtaḥ saṃprajānan Mahāvyutpatti 1480 (Tibetan dran pa, = smṛti,…can, possessing); Avadāna-śataka i.228.1; ii.197.13, etc.; smṛto saṃprajāno Mahāvastu i.206.4 = ii.9.20; i.218.10 = ii.20.11 etc.; smṛtāyāṃ saṃprajānāyāṃ Mahāvastu i.205.8 = ii.9.4 (of the Bodhisattva's mother). Sometimes replaced by smṛtimant, q.v.
Smṛta (स्मृत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Recollected, remembered, called to mind. E. smṛ to remember, aff. kta .
Smṛta (स्मृत).—[adjective] remembered, handed down by memory or tradition, taught, enjoined; passing for, named, called ([nominative] ±iti).
1) Smṛta (स्मृत):—[from smṛ] mfn. remembered, recollected, called to mind, thought of [Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad; Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] mentioned, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
3) [v.s. ...] handed down, taught, prescribed, ([especially]) enjoined by Smṛti or traditional law, declared or propounded in the law-books (na smṛtam = ‘not allowed’, ‘forbidden’), [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] declared as, passing for ([nominative case] [locative case], or [dative case]), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] termed, styled, named ([nominative case] with or without iti), [Maitrī-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Prajā-pati, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] n. remembrance, recollection, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
Smṛta (स्मृत):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Recollected.
Smṛta (स्मृत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Jhūriya, Bharia, Mua, Laḍhia, Saria, Sua, Sumaria.
Smṛta (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 攝意 [shè yì]: “to maintain correct thinking”.
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
Smṛta (स्मृत) [Also spelled smrat]:—(a) recollected, brought to memory, memorised.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Smṛta (ಸ್ಮೃತ):—
1) [adjective] remembered; recollected.
2) [adjective] (gen.) prescribed; directed; ordained.
3) [adjective] thus mentioned, quoted.
4) [adjective] prescribed by Smṛtis.
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Smṛta (ಸ್ಮೃತ):—[noun] that which is recollected to the mind; remembrance.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Smṛta (स्मृत):—n. memory; remembrance; memento;
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)
Starts with (+0): Smritalaksha, Smritamatra, Smritamatragata, Smritavat.
Full-text (+317): Vismrita, Asmrita, Samsmrita, Anusmrita, Smritamatra, Prasmrita, Vedasmrita, Vinismrita, Smritamatragata, Anapanasmrita, Smritavat, Vicarcika, Vicarci, Smritalaksha, Bala, Brahmakurca, Adhyagni, Vidula, Adhikarmakrita, Smri.
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Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
4. Summary of the Vyavaharamala < [Chapter 2 - The place of Vyavaharamala in Sanskrit juridical texts]
11. Legal proceedings (Vyavahara) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Brahma Archana Paddhati (text and translation) (by Prabhunath Dwivedi)
Chapter 25 - Brahmarcana-prasanga
Chapter 19 - Brahma-tattva-vimarsha
Chapter 26 - Brahmanah Puja-vidhana (The method of worship of Brahma)
Special Dharmasastric maxims in the Narada Purana < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]
Svalpa Matsya-purana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]
Purana Laksana < [Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study) (by R. Suthashi)
Appendix 1 - Fourteenth chapter of the Saivagamanibandhana
Appendix 2 - Fifteenth chapter of the Saivagamanibandhana
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Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
References to section [F] < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
References to section [A] < [Chapter 10 - Philosophical aspect of the Devalasmriti]
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