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喃� 68 The word smrti is used in this very primary sense of actual
remembrance or recollection in the earlier smrti literature.
For example, Gautama (1/1/1-2) 4 & Manu (II/10) 5 mention the
"Smrti of those, who know Veda" & Apastamba (I/1/2) 6 refers to
"the consensus of those, who know veda" as a source of Dharma.
Here at these places, the smrti literature, in the form of
Dharmasutras & Dharmasastras, is not referred to. But they refer
to the living mass of sacred literature, in the form of reflective
& thoughtful recollections or memories of the wise & the knowers
of Veda, regarding the rules & regulations of Dharma, to be
followed by the masses.
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It is only in the later period, that the term smrti is mostly
used for that literature on Dharma, known as Dharmasutras &
Dharmasastras, in which those recollections of the various vedic
sages, were collected & traditionally handed down as a Dharmas奴tra
or a Dharmasastra of a particular sage.
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The vedic sages are said to have actually perceived the
Divine words, which are known as Sruti (revelation), while
1 they are also said to remember or recollect the precepts & rules
of different sciences (sastras), which are known as smrti
(recollection).
It may be noted here that the words
pratyaksa & anumana
occurring in the Vedantasutras 8 (1/3/28 & 3/2/24) are interpreted
1 by the commentators (like Sankar膩c膩rya, Ramanuj膩c膩rya, Vallabh膩c膩rya
etc.), as standing for sruti & smrti respectively, as the
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