स्मृति

स्मृति

See also: सुमति and समिति

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्मृति (smṛti). Doublet of सुरत (surat).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /smɾɪ.t̪iː/, [s̪mɾɪ.t̪iː]

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Noun

स्मृति • (smŕti) f (Urdu spelling سمرتی‎)

1. memory, recollection, remembrance

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

   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.

2. (Hinduism) smriti

Declension

Declension of स्मृति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्मृति smŕti	स्मृतियाँ smŕtiyā̃
oblique	स्मृति smŕti	स्मृतियों smŕtiyõ
vocative	स्मृति smŕti	स्मृतियो smŕtiyo

Further reading

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

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root स्मृ (smṛ) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Noun

स्मृति • (smṛ́ti) 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)

Descendants

• → Hindi: सुरत (surat), स्मृति (smŕti)
• Bengali: স্মৃতি (smŕti)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्मृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1272.