Smriti

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Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Smriti (List) Stotras Ashtavakra Gita Gita Govinda Hatha Yoga Pradipika

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

• Shruti

External Links

• Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
• Sanskrit site with comprehensive library of texts