स्मृति
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /smɾɪ.t̪iː/
Audio (file)
Declension
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “स्मृति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Noun
स्मृति • (smṛ́ti) stem, f
- remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon (+locative or compound), memory, calling to mind
- smṛtim api te na yānt — they are not even thought of
- memory as one of the व्यभिचारिभाव (vyabhicāri-bhāva)
- Memory (personified either as the daughter of दक्ष (dakṣa) and wife of अङ्गिरस् (aṅgiras) or as the daughter of धर्म (dharma) and मेधा (medhā))
- 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)
- 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)
- symbolical name for the number 18 (from the 18 lawgivers above)
- a kind of metre
- of the letter 'g'
- 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 |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्मृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1272.
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