Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

smṛ स्मृ – remember

verbal root · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary verbal root
Cappeller 1891 verb

Original text · English · verb

smṛ smárati smára°te ·v pp. smṛta (q.v.) remember (gen. or acc.); recollect, call to mind; hand down, record, declare, teach (esp. P. smaryate be recorded or declared as a law or custom, pass for (nom. or loc.). Caus. smārayati & smarayati cause to remember, remind (2 acc. or gen. of pers. & acc. of th.). -- anu remember, collect; confess. C. remind. apa lose conscience, forget. upa remember, call to mind (acc.). pra remember or forget. prati remember; C. remind. vi forget; C. cause to forget (2 acc.). sam remember (acc.); C. remind of (2 acc.). -- Cf. anusmṛta, vismṛta, saṃsmṛta.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified · verb

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

smṛ 1 . smṛ (= rt. spṛ, q. v.), cl. 5. P. smṛṇoti, &c., to please, gratify; to protect, defend; to live.

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smṛ 2 . smṛ, cl. 1. P. (ep. also A.) smarati (-te), sasmāra (2nd sing. sasmartha, 1st du. sasmariva, 3rd pl. sasmarus), smariṣyati, asmārṣīt, smartum, to remember (with acc. or gen., and when joined with 2nd Fut. of another rt. giving it a past signification, e. g. amuṃ smarati ha- niṣyati, he remembers having killed him, Pāṇ. III. 2, 112); to recollect, call to mind, bear in mind, think of, think upon, be mindful of; to recite men- tally or call upon the name (of a deity &c.); to re- cord (in the Smṛti), declare (as Smṛti or law; smaranti, they declare in the Smṛti); to desire, long for (with gen.): Pass. smaryate, Aor. asmāri, Prec. smṛṣīṣṭa and smariṣīṣṭa, to be remembered; to be recorded; to be mentioned; to be declared (as a law); to be mentioned in the Smṛti: Caus. smāra- yati (or smarayati), -te, -yitum, Aor. asasmarat, ta, to cause to remember, call to mind, remind; to give information; to cause to regret, cause to desire or long for (in the latter sense only smarayati): Desid. susmūrṣate, to wish to recollect: Intens. sāsmaryate, sāsmarti; [cf. Gr. μέρ-μηρ-α, μέρ-ι-μνα, μερ-μαίζω, μερμηρ-ίζω, μέρ-μερ-ος, μάρ-τυρ, μάρ-τυρ-ο-ς, μάρ-τυ-ς, μαρ-τύρ-ιον, μαρτύρ-ο-μαι, (perhaps also) μέλειν, μέλ-ε-σθαι, μελ-έ-τη, &c.: Lat. me-mor, memor-ia, memor-ā-re, mor-a, mos, mor-is: Goth. mêr-j-an, ‘to proclaim;’ meritha, maurnan: Old Germ. smer-zo, m., smer-za, f. ‘pain;’ smerzan, mâriu, ‘to announce;’ māri, ‘memorable:’ Mod. Germ. Mährchen: Angl. Sax. mœlan, mal, ge-mœred, mœrdh, mœrsian, mel- dian, ameldian, murnan, smeortan, ‘to smart:’ Lith. uz-mirs-tu, ‘to forget:’ Hib. smuairean, ‘dejection;’ (perhaps) smalanach, ‘sorrowful;’ muirn, ‘natural affection.’]

Whitney Roots 1885 verbal root

Original text · English · verbal root

smṛ — remember

Apte 1890 verbal root

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smṛ I. 5 P. (smṛṇoti) 1 To please, gratify. 2 To protect, defend. 3 To live. II. 1 P. (Atm. also in epic poetry) (smarati, smṛta; pass. smaryate) 1 (a) To remember, bear or keep in mind, recollect, call to mind, be aware of; smarosa surasanīrāṃ tatra godāvarīṃ vā smarasi ca tadupāṃteṣvāvayorvartanāni U. 1. 26. (b) To call to mind, call upon mentally, think of; smarātmano'bhīṣṭadevatāṃ Pt. 1; R. 15. 45 2 To recite mentally or call upon the name of a deity &c.; yaḥ smaretpuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ sabāhyābhyaṃtaraḥ śuciḥ. 3 To lay down or record in a Smṛti; tathā ca smaraṃti. 4 To declare, regard, consider; Pt. 1. 30. 5 To remember with regret, yearn after, long or desire for (oft. with gen.); smartuṃ disaṃti na divaḥ surasuṃdarībhyaḥ Ki. 5. 28; kaccidbhartuḥ smarasi rasike tvaṃ hi tasya priyeti Me. 85; Mu. 5. 14; bhavatyāḥ smaratātyarthamarpitaḥ sādaraṃ mama Bk. 8. 118. — Caus. (smārayati-te, but smarayati-te in the last sense) 1 To cause to remember, remind, put in mind of, call to mind; anena matpriyābhiyogena smārayasi me pūrvaśiṣyāṃ saudāminīṃ Māl. 1; sometimes with two acc.; api caṃdraguptadoṣā atikrāṃtapārthivaguṇān smārayaṃti prakṛtīḥ Mu. 1; ya eva duḥsmaraḥ kālastameva smāritā vayaṃ U. 6. 34. 2 To give information. 3 To cause to remember with regret, cause to long or desire for; Śi. 6. 56, Śi. 8. 64. — Desid. (susmūrṣate) To wish to recollect.

Burnouf 1866 verbal root

Original text · French · verbal root

*smṛ smṛ. smarāmi, smare 1; p. sasmāra; f2. smariṣyāmi; a1. asmārṣam. Ps. smarye; pp. smṛta. Se souvenir de, ac.; se souvenir que, ac. ou g. na smariṣyati kaucalyāṃ suduḥkhitām il ne se souviendra pas que Kauśalyā est très-malheureuse. Regretter, désirer, g. Gr. μερίμνα, μάρτυς; lat. memor.

Derived words

  • smṛti स्मृति substantive feminine memory

Occurrences in source texts (32)

DYS 6 occurrences
DYS 9–11: Four Yogas 2 occurrences

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DYS 12–14: Mantra Yoga 1 occurrence

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DYS 89–93: Stages of Development 1 occurrence

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DYS 103–105: Students as Obstacle 2 occurrences

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GoS 3 occurrences
GoS 1–8: Learning and Liberation 1 occurrence

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GoS 29–33: Four Forms of Breath Retention 1 occurrence

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GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 4.12-4.19: Path of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HP 4.47-4.55*4: Nāda Binds the Mind 1 occurrence

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.26–29*1: Cakra, Śaṅkha, Vāmāvartta, Vartmagati and Gadā 1 occurrence

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IVU 4 occurrences
IVU 17-18: Breath, Memory, and the Good Path 4 occurrences

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PYS 6 occurrences
PYS 1.5–11: The Five Vṛtti 2 occurrences

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PYS 1.19–22: Two Approaches 1 occurrence

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PYS 1.42–43: Gross Samāpatti 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.9–11: Continuity of Saṃskāras 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.18–21: Puruṣa Knows Citta 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5 occurrences
SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 2 occurrences

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VBT 4 occurrences
VBT 65–74: Joy and Enjoyment 2 occurrences

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VBT 110–120: Everyday as Gate 1 occurrence

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VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 1 occurrence

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