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Definition of smriti in English: smritinounPlural smritisˈsmrɪtiˈsmridē A Hindu religious text containing traditional teachings on religion, such as the Mahabharata. Example sentencesExamples - ‘JUSTICE, being destroyed,’ Manu wrote in his famous smriti, ‘will destroy; being preserved, it will preserve; therefore, it must never be violated.’
- Smarta means a follower of classical smriti, particularly the Dharma Shastras, Puranas and Itihasas.
- The Dharma Shastras are smritis, written by men who had vested interests and enforced as laws.
- There are different views among Hindus about which scriptures are shruti and which fall into the other important category of sacred literature, smriti, that which is remembered or handed down.
- Neither shastras nor smritis suggest that there exists an immutable, universal moral doctrine.
Origin From Sanskrit smṛti 'remembrance'. Rhymes banditti, bitty, chitty, city, committee, ditty, gritty, intercity, kitty, megacity, nitty-gritty, Pitti, pity, pretty, slitty, spitty, vittae, witty Definition of smriti in US English: smritinounˈsmridē A Hindu religious text containing traditional teachings on religion, such as the Mahabharata. Example sentencesExamples - Neither shastras nor smritis suggest that there exists an immutable, universal moral doctrine.
- There are different views among Hindus about which scriptures are shruti and which fall into the other important category of sacred literature, smriti, that which is remembered or handed down.
- The Dharma Shastras are smritis, written by men who had vested interests and enforced as laws.
- Smarta means a follower of classical smriti, particularly the Dharma Shastras, Puranas and Itihasas.
- ‘JUSTICE, being destroyed,’ Manu wrote in his famous smriti, ‘will destroy; being preserved, it will preserve; therefore, it must never be violated.’
Origin From Sanskrit smṛti ‘remembrance’. |