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 '''Smriti''' literally "that which is remembered," refers to a body of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed.
-Dutta<ref>Datta, D. M. (1956). India’s debt to the west in philosophy. Philosophy East and West, 6, 195–212. doi:10.2307/1397150</ref> describes the relationship between Sruti and Smriti as follows: “Sruti is the primary scripture and authority in itself, whereas Smriti literature takes its authority from Sruti and is written to explain and elaborate Sruti to make it understandable and meaningful to the common people” (p. 189).
+Dutta<ref name=":3">Dutta, D. (2014). Sustained human development as a psycho-social evolution from individuality to personality. International Journal of Development, 13(3), 188–203.</ref> describes the relationship between Sruti and Smriti as follows: “Sruti is the primary scripture and authority in itself, whereas Smriti literature takes its authority from Sruti and is written to explain and elaborate Sruti to make it understandable and meaningful to the common people” (p. 189).
 ==Etymology==

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 '''Smriti''' literally "that which is remembered," refers to a body of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed.
 ==Etymology==
 ''Smrti'' is a Sanskrit word, from the root Smara (स्मर), which means "remembrance, reminiscence, thinking of or upon, calling to mind", or simply "memory".<ref name="monierwilliams">[http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/tamil/recherche smRti] Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, Germany</ref> The word is found in ancient Vedic literature, such as in section 7.13 of the [[Chandogya Upanishad]]. In later and modern scholarly usage, the term refers to tradition, memory, as well as a vast post-Vedic canon of "tradition that is remembered".<ref name="monierwilliams" />
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 Smritis are ancient law-codes dealing with the sanatana-Varnasrama-Dharma. They supplement and explain the ritualistic injunctions called Vidhis in the Vedas. The Smriti Sastra is based on the Sruti. The Smriti stands next in authority to the Sruti. It explains and develops Dharma. It lays down the laws which regulate (Hindu) national, social, family and individual obligations. The works which are expressly called Smritis are the law books, Dharma Sastras. The laws for regulating Hindu society from time to time are codified in the Smritis. The Smritis have laid down definite rules and laws to guide the individuals and communities in their daily conduct and to regulate their manners and customs. The Smritis have given detailed instructions, according to the conditions of the time, to all classes of men regarding their duties in life. The Hindu learns how one has to spend his whole life from these Smritis. The duties of Varnasrama and all ceremonies are clearly given in these books<ref name=":2">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 35-37</ref>.
-Smrtis are texts containing guidance on the application of the knowledge of the Vedas within a given period of time<ref>Prakashananda, S. (2016, October 22). Aranyakand lecture series. Toronto, ON: Chinmaya Mission.</ref>. Smrtis include codes of social ethical, moral and domestic conduct<ref>Chinmayananda, S. (2010). Self unfoldment. Mumbai: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust.</ref>.
+Smrtis are texts containing guidance on the application of the knowledge of the Vedas within a given period of time<ref name=":1">Prakashananda, S. (2016, October 22). Aranyakand lecture series. Toronto, ON: Chinmaya Mission.</ref>. Smrtis include codes of social ethical, moral and domestic conduct<ref>Chinmayananda, S. (2010). Self unfoldment. Mumbai: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust.</ref>.
 The Smritis prescribe certain acts and prohibit some others for a Hindu, according to one's birth and stage of life. The object of the Smritis is to purify the heart of a person and take him/her gradually to the supreme abode of immortality and make him/her perfect and free. These Smritis have varied from time to time. The injunctions and prohibitions of the Smritis are related to the particular social surroundings. As these surroundings and essential conditions of the Hindu society changed from time to time, new Smritis had to be compiled by the sages of different ages and different parts of India.<ref name=":2" />
 Swami Ranganathananda<ref name=":0">Ranganathananda, S. (2000). ''Universal Message of the Bhagavad Gītā: An Exposition of the Gītā in the Light of Modern Thought and Modern Needs''. Vol. 1. Advaita Ashrama.</ref> explains that Sruti contains universal truths - they contain the ideas that are Sanatana. Along with this idea of Sanatana Dharma, comes the idea of Yuga Dharma, a Dharma for a particular Yuga or period, for a particular age of history, for a particular group of people - this is called Smriti.
 === The Celebrated Hindu Law Givers<ref name=":2" /> ===

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 == Discussion ==
 Smritis are ancient law-codes dealing with the sanatana-Varnasrama-Dharma. They supplement and explain the ritualistic injunctions called Vidhis in the Vedas. The Smriti Sastra is based on the Sruti. The Smriti stands next in authority to the Sruti. It explains and develops Dharma. It lays down the laws which regulate (Hindu) national, social, family and individual obligations. The works which are expressly called Smritis are the law books, Dharma Sastras. The laws for regulating Hindu society from time to time are codified in the Smritis. The Smritis have laid down definite rules and laws to guide the individuals and communities in their daily conduct and to regulate their manners and customs. The Smritis have given detailed instructions, according to the conditions of the time, to all classes of men regarding their duties in life. The Hindu learns how one has to spend his whole life from these Smritis. The duties of Varnasrama and all ceremonies are clearly given in these books<ref name=":2">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 35-37</ref>.
 The Smritis prescribe certain acts and prohibit some others for a Hindu, according to one's birth and stage of life. The object of the Smritis is to purify the heart of a person and take him/her gradually to the supreme abode of immortality and make him/her perfect and free. These Smritis have varied from time to time. The injunctions and prohibitions of the Smritis are related to the particular social surroundings. As these surroundings and essential conditions of the Hindu society changed from time to time, new Smritis had to be compiled by the sages of different ages and different parts of India.<ref name=":2" />

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 == Smritis can be Amended ==
-Swami Ranganathananda<ref name=":0" /> says Smritis come and go. He mentions that Hindus have the courage to change our Smritis and develop a new Smriti in tune with contemporary thinking. For that you need great teachers - for they have the spiritual knowledge and authority to do this. That authority does not come from a status of "Pope" or "Bishop" or any religious authority. It come from spiritual realization. ''This courage to change a Smriti peacefully is purely a Hindu  heritage.''
+Swami Ranganathananda<ref name=":0" /> says Smritis come and go. He mentions that Hindus have the courage to change our Smritis and develop a new Smriti in tune with contemporary thinking. For that you need great teachers - for they have the adhyatmik knowledge and authority to do this. That authority does not come from a status of "Pope" or "Bishop" or any religious authority. It come from adhyatmik realization. ''This courage to change a Smriti peacefully is purely a Hindu  heritage.''
 ==See also==

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-'''Smriti''' literally "that which is remembered," refers to a body of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed.<ref name=wendydof>Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (1988), Textual Sources for the Study of Hinduism, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-1867-6, pages 2-3</ref>
+'''Smriti''' literally "that which is remembered," refers to a body of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down but constantly revised, in contrast to [[Śruti]]s (the Vedic literature) considered authorless, that were transmitted verbally across the generations and fixed.
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 === Need for a New Law-Code<ref name=":2" /> ===
 It is not possible to follow some of the laws of Manu at the present time. We can follow their spirit and not the letter. As society advances, it outgrows certain laws which were valid and helpful at a particular stage of its growth. Our present society has considerably changed. A new Smriti to suit the requirements of this age is very necessary.
 ==The Structure of Smriti Texts ==
-The ''Smrti'' texts structurally branched, over time, from so-called the "limbs of the Vedas", or auxiliary sciences for perfecting grammar and pronunciation (part of Vedāngas).<ref name=gavinflood>Gavin Flood (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521438780, pages 53-56</ref> For example, the attempt to perfect the art of rituals led to the science of ''Kalpa'', which branched into three Kalpa-sūtras: Srauta-sūtras, Grhya-sūtras, and Dharma-sūtras <ref>John E. Mitchiner (2000), Traditions of the Seven Rsis, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120813243, page xviii</ref> The Srauta-sutras became texts describing the perfect performance of public ceremonies (solemn community [[yajna]]s), the Grhya-sutras described perfect performance of home ceremonies and domestic rites of passage, and Dharma-sutras described jurisprudence, rights and duties of individuals in four [[Ashrama (stage)|Ashrama]] stages of life, and social ethics.<ref name=gavinflood/> The Dharma-sūtras themselves became the foundations for a large canon of texts, and branched off as numerous Dharma-sastra texts.<ref name=gavinflood/>
+The ''Smrti'' texts structurally branched, over time, from so-called the "limbs of the Vedas", or auxiliary sciences for perfecting grammar and pronunciation (part of Vedāngas).<ref name="gavinflood">Gavin Flood (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521438780, pages 53-56</ref> For example, the attempt to perfect the art of rituals led to the science of ''Kalpa'', which branched into three Kalpa-sūtras: Srauta-sūtras, Grhya-sūtras, and Dharma-sūtras <ref>John E. Mitchiner (2000), Traditions of the Seven Rsis, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120813243, page xviii</ref> The Srauta-sutras became texts describing the perfect performance of public ceremonies (solemn community [[yajna]]s), the Grhya-sutras described perfect performance of home ceremonies and domestic rites of passage, and Dharma-sutras described jurisprudence, rights and duties of individuals in four [[Ashrama (stage)|Ashrama]] stages of life, and social ethics.<ref name="gavinflood" /> The Dharma-sūtras themselves became the foundations for a large canon of texts, and branched off as numerous Dharma-sastra texts.<ref name="gavinflood" />
-Jan Gonda states that the initial stages of Smriti texts structurally developed in the form of a new prose genre named Sūtras, that is "aphorism, highly compact precise expression that captured the essence of a fact, principle, instruction or idea".<ref name=jangonda/> This brevity in expression, states Gonda, was likely necessitated by the fact that writing technology had not developed yet or not in vogue, in order to store growing mass of knowledge, and all sorts of knowledge was transferred from one generation to the next through the process of memorization, verbal recitation and listening in the 1st millennium BCE. Compressed content allowed more essential, densely structured knowledge to be memorized and verbally transferred to the next generation in ancient India.<ref name=jangonda>Jan Gonda (1977), The Ritual Sutras, in A History of Indian Literature: Veda and Upanishads, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 978-3447018234, pages 466-474</ref>
+Jan Gonda states that the initial stages of Smriti texts structurally developed in the form of a new prose genre named Sūtras, that is "aphorism, highly compact precise expression that captured the essence of a fact, principle, instruction or idea".<ref name="jangonda" /> This brevity in expression, states Gonda, was likely necessitated by the fact that writing technology had not developed yet or not in vogue, in order to store growing mass of knowledge, and all sorts of knowledge was transferred from one generation to the next through the process of memorization, verbal recitation and listening in the 1st millennium BCE. Compressed content allowed more essential, densely structured knowledge to be memorized and verbally transferred to the next generation in ancient India.<ref name="jangonda">Jan Gonda (1977), The Ritual Sutras, in A History of Indian Literature: Veda and Upanishads, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 978-3447018234, pages 466-474</ref>
 ===Earliest Smriti on Hindu Law: Dharma-sūtras===
-The root texts of ancient Hindu jurisprudence and law are the ''Dharma-sūtras''. These express that Shruti, Smriti and Acara are sources of jurisprudence and law.<ref name=donalddavis27/> The precedence of these sources is declared in the opening verses of each of the known, surviving Dharma-sūtras. For example,<ref name=donalddavis27/>
+The root texts of ancient Hindu jurisprudence and law are the ''Dharma-sūtras''. These express that Shruti, Smriti and Acara are sources of jurisprudence and law.<ref name="donalddavis27" /> The precedence of these sources is declared in the opening verses of each of the known, surviving Dharma-sūtras. For example,<ref name="donalddavis27" />
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 The source of Dharma is the Veda, as well as the tradition [Smriti], and practice of those who know the Veda. – Gautama Dharma-sūtra 1.1-1.2
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-Levinson states that the role of ''Shruti'' and ''Smriti'' in Hindu law is as a source of guidance, and its tradition cultivates the principle that "the facts and circumstances of any particular case determine what is good or bad".<ref name=davidlevinson/> The later Hindu texts include fourfold sources of ''Dharma'', states Levinson, which include ''Atmanastushti'' (satisfaction of one's conscience), ''Sadacara'' (local norms of virtuous individuals), ''Smriti'' and ''Sruti''.<ref name=davidlevinson>David Levinson (2002), Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Volume 1, SAGE Publications, ISBN 978-0761922582, page 829</ref>
+Levinson states that the role of ''Shruti'' and ''Smriti'' in Hindu law is as a source of guidance, and its tradition cultivates the principle that "the facts and circumstances of any particular case determine what is good or bad".<ref name="davidlevinson" /> The later Hindu texts include fourfold sources of ''Dharma'', states Levinson, which include ''Atmanastushti'' (satisfaction of one's conscience), ''Sadacara'' (local norms of virtuous individuals), ''Smriti'' and ''Sruti''.<ref name="davidlevinson">David Levinson (2002), Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, Volume 1, SAGE Publications, ISBN 978-0761922582, page 829</ref>
 ===Bhasya on Dharma-smriti===

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