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    Definitions: smrti

    Smrti
    From the root smr, to remember, hence smrti is that which is recalled or remembered.

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    Many times smrti refers to classical scriptures such as the agamas of Veda, the vedangas, dharma-sastra's (or law books) and the ithihasas from iti+ha+asa or 'so it was' - another name for history ( from his+story) or that which is recalled, or smrti.

    The Ithihasas are the epics such as the Mahabharata , the Ramayana, the various Puranas e.g. Vishnu, Agni, Siva Purana's.

    One of most renown smriti's is the smrti-prasthana called the Bhagavad Gita or the song of the Lord. It is smrti-prasthana because it is 'the remembered foundation'. This smriti is often called the cream of the Veda's , as Lord Krsna takes Arjuna in 700 verses ( some say 701) though all the key elements of life, spiritual pursuits, ones duty ( some call dharma) and one's essential nature.

    Now, one that follows these books are considered smarta, the followers of smrti.

    References:
    A Concise Dictionary Of Indian Philosophy -John Grimes
    Last edited by yajvan; 29 April 2007 at 11:13 AM.
    यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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