Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

smaraṇa स्मरण – the act of remembering, remembrance, memory, recollecting, recollection, reminiscence

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

smaraṇa ·n. remembrance, memory, tradition.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Smaraṇa, am, n. the act of remembering, re- membrance, memory, recollecting, recollection, re- miniscence; tradition, traditional precept, (iti smara- ṇāt, ‘from its being so mentioned in the Smṛti,’ cf. smṛti); mental recitation (of the name of a deity), calling upon the name of a god; regretting, remem- bering with regret; thinking upon, anxious thought.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

smaraṇa (von smar) n. 1〉 das Sicherinnern, Gedenken (das obj. im gen. oder im comp. vorangehend) H. 308. MBH. 13,6103. R. GORR. 1,4,50. R. GORR. 6,112,106. Kār. zu P. 1,1,14. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 1,289. RAGH. 10,30. KUMĀRAS. 6,19. GĪT. 1,3. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 356. Spr. (II) 2912. smaraṇapadavīṃ te 'pi gamitāḥ Spr. (II) 5939. Spr. (II) 6225. Spr. (II) 6230. Spr. (II) 6462. Spr. (II) 6790. Spr. (II) 6992. Spr. (II) 7259. Spr. (II) 7506. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,13. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 78,14. KATHĀS. 37,128. MĀRK. P. 30,10. PRAB. 72,14. BHĀG. P. 1,8,35. BHĀG. P. 2,4,15. BHĀG. P. 3,33,6. BHĀG. P. 5,3,12. PAÑCAR. 1,7,87. PAÑCAT. 101,24. PAÑCAT. 208,14. Schol. zu P. 1,3,46. VOP. 5,13. VOP. 9,15. VOP. 25,29. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 50,b, N. 3. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 238,b,27. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 49,18. fg. KĀTY. ŚR. 86,18. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,6, Śl. 17. SARVADARŚANAS. 64,13. SARVADARŚANAS. 102,10. pituścāsmaraṇaṃ vadhe MBH. 3,10811. ŚĀK. 119, v. l. caitradṛṣṭasya maitreṇāsmaraṇamiva KUSUM. 15,11. SARVADARŚANAS. 127,20. fgg. — 2〉 Gedächtniss: anaṣṭavitta˚ adj. BHĀG. P. 9,23,25. sadṛśānubhavādvastusmṛtiḥ smaraṇamucyate SĀH. D. 668; vgl. smṛti als Arthālaṃkara Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,b,9. — 3〉 das Ueberliefern: syādyatsatāṃ smaraṇocitam Spr. (II) 3782. iti kātyāyanasmaraṇāt KULL._zu_M. 3,85. iti kaurmavākye prakṛtipuraṣayorgauṇyutpattismaraṇāt (lies gauṇotpatti˚) Comm. zu KAP. 1,70. — Vgl. jāti˚ und śrīsmaraṇadarpaṇa.

Böhtlingk 1879 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

smaraṇa — 1〉 das Sicherinnern, Gedenken (das Object im Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend). Als eine best. rhetorische Figur KĀVYAPR. 10,46 — 2〉 Gedächtniss. — 3〉 das Ueberliefern, Lehren Chr. 209,24. Chr. 210,17.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

smaraṇaṃ [smṛ-lyuṭ] 1 Remembering, remembrance, recollection; kevalaṃ smaraṇenaiva punāsi puruṣaṃ yataḥ R. 10. 29. 2 Thinking of or about; yadi harismaraṇe sarasaṃ manaḥ Gīt. 1. 3 Memory. 4 Tradition, traditional precept; ([Page 1156-a]) iti bhṛgusmaraṇāt (opp. śruti). 5 Mental recitation of the name of a deity. 6 Remembering with regret, regretting. 7 Rhetorical recollection, regarded as a figure of speech; thus defined: -yathānubhavamarthasya dṛṣṭe tatsadṛśe smṛtiḥ smaraṇaṃ K. P. 10. Comp. — anugrahaḥ 1 a kind remembrance. 2 the favour of remembrance; Ku. 6. 19. — apatyatarpakaḥ a turtle, tortoise. — ayaugapadyaṃ the non-simultaneousness of recollections. — padavī death.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

smaraṇa n. Gedächtnis, Überlieferung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

smaraṇa n. souvenance, souvenir; regret.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 5.113-5.120: Anāhata 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 1 occurrence

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