Etymology

Smarta

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Today it means: A follower of the Smartha Tradition, a denomination of the Vedic Hindu religion that accepts all major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman. Full definition →

Sanskrit स्मार्त
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromस्मार्त
  2. English todaySmarta

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्मार्त (smārta), an adjective derived from स्मृति (smṛti, “thinking, remembrance, related to memory”). Compare Smriti.

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