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smriti
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smriti [ˈsmrɪtɪ]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a class of Hindu sacred literature derived from the Vedas, containing social, domestic, and religious teaching
[from Sanskrit smrti what is remembered, from samarati he remembers]


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The sources of law were primarily the religious texts, namely, Vedas (2) (primary texts of Hinduism), the Sruti (3) (which literally means what is heard), the Smritis (4) (which means what is remembered) or the Dharamshastras, each of which offered a set of legal rules to govern society and behavior of the individual.
 
 
 
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