Smritishastra, Smṛtiśāstra, Smriti-shastra: 8 definitions

Introduction
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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Smritishastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Smṛtiśāstra can be transliterated into English as Smrtisastra or Smritishastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र).—n S A treatise on law; a digest or code of law.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र).—n A treatise on law; a code of law.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र).—

1) a law-book, code, digest.

2) legal science.

Derivable forms: smṛtiśāstram (स्मृतिशास्त्रम्).

Smṛtiśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms smṛti and śāstra (शास्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र).—n.

(-straṃ) 1. A work on law, a code, a digest, &c., as the Manu- Sanhita, the Mitakshara, &c. 2. Legal science. E. smṛti law, and śāstra an inspired treatise.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र).—[neuter] law-book.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र):—[=smṛti-śāstra] [from smṛti > smṛ] n. a law-book, code, digest (= dharma-ś; cf. above under smṛti), [Harivaṃśa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Smṛtiśāstra (स्मृतिशास्त्र):—[smṛti-śāstra] (straṃ) 1. n. A body of law.

[Sanskrit to German]

Smritishastra in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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