स्मृति
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /smɾɪ.t̪iː/, [s̪mɾɪ.t̪iː]
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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
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, 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) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्मृति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1272.
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