स्मृति

{ smṛtiḥ, smṛti }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

SMṚTI   The sovereign deity of remembrance. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 46] , Verse 64, that this goddess Smṛti had walked in front of the army of Subrahmaṇya. Smṛti was the wife of Aṅgiras. Four daughters, named Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati, were born to Aṅgiras by his wife Smṛtidevī. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Aṁśa 1, Chapter 10] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  वे हिंदू धर्म-ग्रंथ जो मानव-रचित व वेदों से निम्न कोटि के माने जाते हैं   Ex. पुराण, रामायण आदि की गणना स्मृति में होती है ।

HYPONYMY:

मनुसंहिता

ONTOLOGY:

मानवकृति (Artifact) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

Wordnet:

ben স্মৃতিশাস্ত্র

urd سمرتی

See : याद, स्मरण शक्ति, ध्यान, संहिता

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

स्मृति n.  धर्म एवं मेधा के पुत्रों में से एक ।
स्मृति II. n.  अंगिरस कुलोत्पन्न एक गोत्रकार ।
स्मृति III. n.  दक्ष की कन्या, जो अंगिरस् ऋषि की पत्‍नी थी ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

pop. स्मृत f Recollection, reminiscence: also remembrance or memory. Used throughout as स्मरण, where see at large. 2 Law,--the body of law as delivered originally by मनु and other legislators to their respective pupils, and committed by them from recollection to writing: also any book, canon, or portion of this body or code.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 f  Recollection; memory; law delivered by मनु.

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

See : सम्झना

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्मृति  f.  f. remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon ( loc. or comp.), calling to mind ( स्मृतिम् अपि ते न यान्ति, ‘they are not even thought of’), memory, [TĀr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
memory as one of the व्यभिचारि-भावs ( q.v.), [Daśar.]
Memory (personified either as the daughter of दक्ष and wife of अङ्गिरस् or as the daughter of धर्म and मेधा), [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
श्रुति   the whole body of sacred tradition or what is remembered by human teachers (in contradistinction to or what is directly heard or revealed to the ऋषिs; in its widest acceptation this use of the term स्मृति includes the 6 वेदाङ्गs, the सूत्रs both श्रौत and गृह्य, the law-books of मनु &c. [see next]; the इतिहासs [ e.g. the महाभारत and रामायण], the पुराणs and the नीतिशास्त्रs; इति स्मृतेः, ‘accord. to such and such a traditional precept or legal text’), [IW. 144, 145]
the whole body of codes of law as handed down memoriter or by tradition ( esp. the codes of मनु, याज्ञवल्क्य and the 16 succeeding inspired lawgivers, viz. अत्रि, विष्णु, हारीत, उशनस् or शुक्र, अङ्गिरस्, यम, आपस्तम्ब, संवर्त, कात्यायन, बृहस्-पति, पराशर, व्यास, शङ्ख, लिखीत, दक्ष and गौतम; all these lawgivers being held to be inspired and to have based their precepts on the वेद; cf. [IW. 203]), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.
symbolical N. for the number 18 ( fr. the 18 lawgivers above)
a kind of metre, [L.]
ग्    N. of the letter , [Up.]
स्पृहा   desire, wish, [Pañcat. iii, 258] ( v.l. for ).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्मृतिः [smṛtiḥ]  f. f. [स्मृ-क्तिन्]
Remembrance; recollection, memory; अश्वत्थामा करधृतधनुः किं न यातः स्मृतिं ते [Ve.3.21;] संस्कारमात्रजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः T. S.; स्मृत्युपस्थितौ इमौ द्वौ श्लोकौ [U.6;4.2.]
Thinking of, calling to mind.
What was delivered by human authors, law, traditional law, the body of traditional or memorial law (civil or religious) (opp. श्रुति).
A code of laws, law-book.
A text of Smṛiti, canon, rule of law; इति स्मृतेः.
Desire, wish.
Discrimination, discretion; स्मृतौ हतायां भृतमानदुर्दृशः [Bhāg.4.3.17.]
Understanding. -Comp.
-अन्तरम्   another law-book.
-अपेत   a.
forgotten.
inconsistent with Smṛiti.
(hence) illegal, unjust.-उक्त a. prescribed or enjoined in the codes of law, canonical.
-जातः   the god of love.
-तन्त्रम्   a law-book.-पत्रकम् a register-book; राजाद्यङ्कितलेखस्य धारयेत् स्मृति- पत्रकम् [Śukra.2.287.]
-पथः, -विषयः   the object of memory; स्मृतिपथं, स्मृतिविषयं गम् to be dead; सर्वं यस्य वशा- दगात् स्मृतिपथं कालाय तस्मै नमः [Bh.3.37;] समं यैः संवृद्धाः स्मृति- विषयतां तेऽपि गमिताः 38.
-पाठकः   a lawyer.
-प्रत्यवमर्शः   retentiveness of memory, accuracy of recollection.-प्रबन्धः a legal work.
-भ्रंशः   loss of failure of memory.-रोधः temporary interruption of memory; loss or failure of memory; शापादसि प्रतिहता स्मृतिरोधरूक्षे भर्तर्यपेत- तमसि प्रभुता तवैव । [Ś.7.32.]
-विनयः   a reprimand given to a person by reminding him of his duty.
-विभ्रमः   confusion of memory.
-विरुद्ध a.  a. illegal.
विरोधः opposition to law, illegality.
disagreement between two or more Smṛitis or legal texts; स्मृतिविरोधं परिहरति S. B.; cf. स्मृत्योर्विरोधे न्यायस्तु बलवान् व्यवहारतः [Y.2.21.] -विषयः the range of memory.
शास्त्रम् a law-book, code, digest.
legal science.
-शेष a.  a. deceased, dead (as a person).
-शैथिल्यम्   loss of memory.
-संमत a.  a. approved by law.
-साध्य a.  a. capable of being proved by law.
-हीन   forgetful.
-हेतुः   a cause of recollection, impression on the mind, association of ideas.

Shabda-Sagara

स्मृति  f.  ( -तिः)
1. Recollection, remembrance, memory.
2. Law, the body of law, (civil and religious,) as delivered originally by MANU- YĀJNAWALKYA and other inspired legislators, to their respective pupils, and committed by them from recollection to writing, (as opposed to श्रुति or revelation.)
3. A law-book, a code of laws. 4. Wish, desire.
5. Understanding.
E. स्मृ to remember, aff. क्तिन् .

ROOTS:

स्मृ क्तिन् .