स्मृति

See also: सुमति and समिति

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /smɾɪ.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.

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /smŕ̩.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪mr̩.t̪i/

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 (smṛ́ti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्मृतिः smṛ́tiḥ	स्मृती smṛ́tī	स्मृतयः smṛ́tayaḥ
Vocative	स्मृते smṛ́te	स्मृती smṛ́tī	स्मृतयः smṛ́tayaḥ
Accusative	स्मृतिम् smṛ́tim	स्मृती smṛ́tī	स्मृतीः smṛ́tīḥ
Instrumental	स्मृत्या / स्मृती¹ smṛ́tyā / smṛ́tī¹	स्मृतिभ्याम् smṛ́tibhyām	स्मृतिभिः smṛ́tibhiḥ
Dative	स्मृतये / स्मृत्यै² / स्मृती¹ smṛ́taye / smṛ́tyai² / smṛ́tī¹	स्मृतिभ्याम् smṛ́tibhyām	स्मृतिभ्यः smṛ́tibhyaḥ
Ablative	स्मृतेः / स्मृत्याः² / स्मृत्यै³ smṛ́teḥ / smṛ́tyāḥ² / smṛ́tyai³	स्मृतिभ्याम् smṛ́tibhyām	स्मृतिभ्यः smṛ́tibhyaḥ
Genitive	स्मृतेः / स्मृत्याः² / स्मृत्यै³ smṛ́teḥ / smṛ́tyāḥ² / smṛ́tyai³	स्मृत्योः smṛ́tyoḥ	स्मृतीनाम् smṛ́tīnām
Locative	स्मृतौ / स्मृत्याम्² / स्मृता¹ smṛ́tau / smṛ́tyām² / smṛ́tā¹	स्मृत्योः smṛ́tyoḥ	स्मृतिषु smṛ́tiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Bengali: স্মৃতি (smriti)
• → Hindi: सुरत (surat), स्मृति (smŕti)
• → Marathi: स्मृती (smŕtī)

References

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