स्मृति

See also: सुमति and समिति

Hindi

Etymology

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From Sanskrit स्मृति (smṛ́ti). Doublet of सुरत (surat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /smɾɪ.t̪iː/

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Noun

स्मृति • (smŕti) f (Urdu spelling سمرتی)

1. memory, recollection, remembrance

   प्राचाय की स्मृति में, आज विद्यालय बंद है।

   prācāy kī smŕti mẽ, āj vidyālay band hai.

   In memory of the principal, school is closed for today.

   Synonyms: याद (yād), सुरत (surat), स्मरण (smaraṇ)

2. (Hinduism) smriti

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “स्मृति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Noun

स्मृति • (smṛ́ti) stem, f

1. remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon (+locative or compound), memory, calling to mind

   smṛtim api te na yānt — they are not even thought of

2. memory as one of the व्यभिचारिभाव (vyabhicāri-bhāva)
3. Memory (personified either as the daughter of दक्ष (dakṣa) and wife of अङ्गिरस् (aṅgiras) or as the daughter of धर्म (dharma) and मेधा (medhā))
4. the whole body of sacred tradition or what is remembered by human teachers (in contradistinction to श्रुति (śruti) or what is directly heard or revealed to the rishis)
5. the whole body of codes of law as handed down memoriter or by tradition (especially the codes of Manu Yājñavalkya and the 16 succeeding inspired lawgivers)
6. symbolical name for the number 18 (from the 18 lawgivers above)
7. a kind of metre
8. of the letter 'g'
9. desire, wish (v.l. for स्पृहा (spṛhā))

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of स्मृति
Nom. sg.	स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ)
Gen. sg.	स्मृत्याः / स्मृतेः (smṛtyāḥ / smṛteḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्मृतिः (smṛtiḥ)	स्मृती (smṛtī)	स्मृतयः (smṛtayaḥ)
Vocative	स्मृते (smṛte)	स्मृती (smṛtī)	स्मृतयः (smṛtayaḥ)
Accusative	स्मृतिम् (smṛtim)	स्मृती (smṛtī)	स्मृतीः (smṛtīḥ)
Instrumental	स्मृत्या (smṛtyā)	स्मृतिभ्याम् (smṛtibhyām)	स्मृतिभिः (smṛtibhiḥ)
Dative	स्मृत्यै / स्मृतये (smṛtyai / smṛtaye)	स्मृतिभ्याम् (smṛtibhyām)	स्मृतिभ्यः (smṛtibhyaḥ)
Ablative	स्मृत्याः / स्मृतेः (smṛtyāḥ / smṛteḥ)	स्मृतिभ्याम् (smṛtibhyām)	स्मृतिभ्यः (smṛtibhyaḥ)
Genitive	स्मृत्याः / स्मृतेः (smṛtyāḥ / smṛteḥ)	स्मृत्योः (smṛtyoḥ)	स्मृतीनाम् (smṛtīnām)
Locative	स्मृत्याम् / स्मृतौ (smṛtyām / smṛtau)	स्मृत्योः (smṛtyoḥ)	स्मृतिषु (smṛtiṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्मृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1272.