स्मृति
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit स्मृति (smṛ́ti)
Noun
स्मृति • (smr̤iti) f, Urdu spelling سمرتي
- memory
- recollection
- remembrance
- a code of laws
- the body of law as delivered originally by tradition
- प्राचाय की स्मृति में, आज विद्यालय बंद है।
- prācāy kī smr̤iti mẽ, āj vidyālay band hai
- In memory of the principal, school is closed for today.
Synonyms
- (more common) याद (yād)
References
- John T. Platts, "A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English", URL accessed on 08-26-2012.
Sanskrit
Noun
स्मृति (smṛ́ti) 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, whish (v.l. for स्पृहा (spṛhā))
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of स्मृति
| 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 (smṛtyai) / स्मृतये (smṛtaye) | स्मृतिभ्याम् (smṛtibhyām) | स्मृतिभ्यः (smṛtibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | स्मृत्याः (smṛtyāḥ) / स्मृतेः (smṛteḥ) | स्मृतिभ्याम् (smṛtibhyām) | स्मृतिभ्यः (smṛtibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | स्मृत्याः (smṛtyāḥ) / स्मृतेः (smṛteḥ) | स्मृत्योः (smṛtyoḥ) | स्मृतीनाम् (smṛtīnām) |
| Locative | स्मृत्याम् (smṛtyām) / स्मृतौ (smṛtau) | स्मृत्योः (smṛtyoḥ) | स्मृतिषु (smṛtiṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1272
