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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्मृतिsmṛtif.Remembrance; recollection, memory; अश्वत्थामा करधृतधनुः किं न यातः स्मृतिं ते Ve.3.21; संस्कारमात्रजन्यं…

    [स्मृ-क्तिन्]

    1. Remembrance; recollection, memory; अश्वत्थामा करधृतधनुः किं न यातः स्मृतिं ते Ve.3.21; संस्कारमात्रजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः T. S.; स्मृत्युपस्थितौ इमौ द्वौ श्लोकौ Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6;4.2.
    2. Thinking of, calling to mind.
    3. What was delivered by human authors, law, traditional law, the body of traditional or memorial law (civil or religious) (Opposite of श्रुति).
    4. A code of laws, law-book.
    5. A text of Smṛiti, canon, rule of law; इति स्मृतेः.
    6. Desire, wish.
    7. Discrimination, discretion; स्मृतौ हतायां भृतमानदुर्दृशः Bhāg.4.3.17.
    8. Understanding.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्तरम् another law-book.

    • -अपेत

      1. Adjective
      2. forgotten.
      3. inconsistent with Smṛiti.
      4. (hence) illegal, unjust.

    • -उक्त Adjective prescribed or enjoined in the codes of law, canonical.

    • -जातः the god of love.

    • -तन्त्रम् a law-book.

    • -पत्रकम् a register-book; राजाद्यङ्कितलेखस्य धारयेत् स्मृति- पत्रकम् Śukra.2.287.

    • -पथः, -विषयः the object of memory; स्मृतिपथं, स्मृतिविषयं गम् to be dead; सर्वं यस्य वशा- दगात् स्मृतिपथं कालाय तस्मै नमः Bh.3.37; समं यैः संवृद्धाः स्मृति- विषयतां तेऽपि गमिताः 38.

    • -पाठकः a lawyer.

    • -प्रत्यवमर्शः retentiveness of memory, accuracy of recollection.

    • -प्रबन्धः a legal work.

    • -भ्रंशः loss of failure of memory.

    • -रोधः temporary interruption of memory; loss or failure of memory; शापादसि प्रतिहता स्मृतिरोधरूक्षे भर्तर्यपेत- तमसि प्रभुता तवैव । Ś.7.32.

    • -विनयः a reprimand given to a person by reminding him of his duty.

    • -विभ्रमः confusion of memory.

    • -विरुद्ध Adjective illegal.

    • -विरोधः

      1. opposition to law, illegality.
      2. disagreement between two or more Smṛitis or legal texts; स्मृतिविरोधं परिहरति S. B.; Compare स्मृत्योर्विरोधे न्यायस्तु बलवान् व्यवहारतः Y.2.21.

    • -विषयः the range of memory.

    • -शास्त्रम्

      1. a law-book, code, digest.
      2. legal science.

    • -शेष Adjective deceased, dead (as a person).

    • -शैथिल्यम् loss of memory.

    • -संमत Adjective approved by law.

    • -साध्य Adjective capable of being proved by law.

    • -हीन forgetful.

    • -हेतुः a cause of recollection, impression on the mind, association of ideas.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्मृतिsmṛtif. remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon (loc. or comp.), calling to mind (स्मृतिम् अपि ते न यान्ति…
    1. feminine remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon (locative case or compound), calling to mind (स्मृतिम् अपि ते न यान्ति, "they are not even thought of"), memory TA1r. ChUp. MBh. etc.
    2. feminine memory as one of the Vyabhica1ri-bha1vas व्यभिचारि-भाव s (quod vide) Das3ar.
    3. feminine Memory (personified either as the daughter of Daksha दक्ष and wife of An3giras अङ्गिरस् or as the daughter of Dharma धर्म and Medha1 मेधा) Hariv. Pur.
    4. feminine the whole body of sacred tradition or what is remembered by human teachers (in contradistinction to श्रुति or what is directly heard or revealed to the R2ishis ऋषि s; in its widest acceptation this use of the term Smr2iti स्मृति includes the 6 Veda7n3gas वेदा*ङ्ग s, the Su1tras सूत्र s both श्रौत and गृह्य, the law-books of Manu मनु etc. [see next]; the Itiha1sas इतिहास s [exempli gratia, 'for example' the Maha1bha1rata महाभारत and Ra1ma7yan2a रामा*यण], the Pura1n2as पुराण s and the Ni1tis3a1stras नीतिशास्त्र s; इति स्मृतेः, "according to to such and such a traditional precept or legal text") IW. 144, 145
    5. feminine the whole body of codes of law as handed down memoriter or by tradition (especially the codes of Manu मनु Ya1jn5avalkya याज्ञवल्क्य and the 16 succeeding inspired lawgivers, viz. Atri अत्रि, Vishn2u विष्णु, Ha1ri1ta हारीत, Us3anas उशनस् or S3ukra शुक्र, An3giras अङ्गिरस्, Yama यम, A1pastamba आपस्तम्ब, Sam2varta संवर्त, Ka1tya1yana कात्यायन, Br2ihas-pati बृहस्-पति, Para1s3ara पराशर, Vya1sa व्यास, S3an3kha शङ्ख, Likhi7ta लिखीत, Daksha दक्ष and Gautama गौतम; all these lawgivers being held to be inspired and to have based their precepts on the Veda वेद; confer, compare IW. 203) Gr2S3rS. Mn. Ya1jn5. etc.
    6. feminine symbolical Name for the number 18 (from the 18 lawgivers a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page))
    7. feminine a kind of metre Lexicographers
    8. feminine Name of the letter ग् Up.
    9. feminine desire, wish Pan5cat. iii, 258 (varia lectio for स्पृहा).
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. स्मृतिsmṛti[smrí-ti] f. remembrance, recollection, of (lc., --˚); memory; authoritative tradition (exclusive of sruti or…

    [smrí-ti] feminine; also equal for remembrance, recollection, of (locative, --˚); memory; authoritative tradition (exclusive of sruti or Vedicwritings), canonical traditional law-book, code, statement of a law-book: smritim api na te yânti, they are not even remembered: -kârin, adjective awaken ing memory, producing recollection; -tantra, neuter law-book; -da, adjective strengthening the memory; -patha, masculine path of memory: -m gâ, go the way of memory, perish; -pâthaka, masculine one learned in the law; -bhû, masculine god of love; -bhramsa, masculine loss of memory; -mat, adjective hav ing recollection; possessing full conscious ness; having a good memory; versed in law; -rodha, masculine failure of memory; -vartman, neuter path of memory: accusative with i, be remembered; -vibhrama, masculine derangement of memory; -vishaya, masculine range of memory: -tâm ga mita, dead; -sâstra, neuter law-book; -sîla, neuter dual tradition and usage; -sesha, adjective surviving in memory only, destroyed: -m kri, destroy.

    Source: Macdonell

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