Smṛti : elaborate, interpret, & codify Shrutis, i.e., Vedas, but being derivative are considered less authoritative than Shruti (the Revealed Word). They include Kalpa Sutras, Puranas, Manu-Smṛti, & Yajñavalkya-Smṛti.
... n. The followers of this path must be like the men of the early yugas, dhīrāḥ , the great word of praise in the Upanishads. In the remembrance, the smṛti or smaraṇa , you must be apramatta , free from negligence. It is by the loss of the smṛti owing to the rush and onset of the guṇas that the yogin becomes bhraṣṭa , falls from his firm seat, wanders from his path. But you need not be distressed ...
... On Thoughts and Aphorisms Aphorism - 98 98—Revelation is the direct sight, the direct hearing or the inspired memory of Truth, dṛṣṭi, śruti, smṛti ; it is the highest experience and always accessible to renewed experience. Not because God spoke it, but because the soul saw it, is the word of the Scriptures our supreme authority. I assume ...
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