Smriti
Smriti
Shruti
Category="Hindu texts"Smriti (Sanskrit स्मॄति, "what is fit/deserves to be remembered") refers to a specific Canon of Hindu religious scripture. Smriti also denotes non-Shruti texts generally, seen as secondary in authority to Shruti.
Categorizing the Smriti has been a contentious issue, even the names of proposed categories are debated. Such categorization is arguably unnecessary. Nevertheless, one such taxonomy follows:
- Dharma Shastra (the laws)
- Mahakavyas (the Epics; they include Mahabharata and the Ramayana)
- Puranas (the fables or writings)
- Sutras (proverbs or aphorisms)
- Agamas (the philosophies; including Mantras, Tantras, and Yantras)
- Dyasanas (the philosophies; including the Vedanta)
Main Smritis
There are eighteen main Smritis, being: - Manu Smriti
- Yajnavalkya Smriti
- Parasara Smriti
- Vishnu Smriti
- Daksha Smriti
- Samvarta Smriti
- Vyasa Smriti
- Harita Smriti
- Satatapa Smriti
- Vasishtha Smriti
- Yama Smriti
- Apastamba Smriti
- Gautama Smriti
- Devala Smriti
- Sankha-Likhita Smriti
- Usana Smriti
- Atri Smriti
- Saunaka Smriti
See also
External links
- Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
- Sanskrit site with comprehensive library of texts