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单词 smriti
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Definition of smriti in English:

smriti

nounPlural 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:

smriti

nounˈsmridē
  • 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’.

 
 
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