Smriti

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Hindu sacred literature category religious text corpus source of Hindu religious law

Smriti is a body of later Hindu sacred literature, including texts like the epics and law codes, that is considered human-authored and traditionally distinguished from the more authoritative, revealed scriptures known as Shruti.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu sacred literature category ⓘ religious text corpus ⓘ source of Hindu religious law ⓘ
authoritativeStatusComparedToShruti	less authoritative ⓘ
authoritySource	human sages and tradition ⓘ
categoryWithin	Hindu scriptures NERFINISHED ⓘ
considered	human-authored ⓘ remembered tradition ⓘ
contrastWith	Shruti NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Upaniṣads NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
epistemicStatusInTradition	derivative of Shruti ⓘ
etymologyFromSanskritRoot	smṛ (to remember) ⓘ
function	codification of religious duties (dharma) ⓘ codification of social norms ⓘ guidance on ethics and conduct ⓘ guidance on law and jurisprudence ⓘ guidance on rites and rituals ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	composed over many centuries in ancient and classical India ⓘ
includesTextType	Dharmasūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Dharmaśāstra (law codes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gṛhyasūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Itihasa (epics) ⓘ Nītiśāstra (ethical treatises) NERFINISHED ⓘ Purāṇa ⓘ Smārta ritual texts ⓘ
includesWork	Bhagavad Gītā NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahābhārata NERFINISHED ⓘ Manusmṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Nārada Smṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Rāmāyaṇa NERFINISHED ⓘ Viṣṇu Smṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ Yājñavalkya Smṛti NERFINISHED ⓘ various Purāṇas ⓘ
influenceOn	social organization in traditional Hindu society ⓘ traditional Hindu law (Hindu personal law) ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
normativeStatus	binding when not contradicting Shruti ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hinduism ⓘ
scope	civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ inheritance rules ⓘ penance and expiation ⓘ
temporalStatus	later than Vedic Shruti ⓘ
transmission	later written down ⓘ originally oral ⓘ
usedBy	Hindu legal scholars ⓘ Hindu ritual specialists ⓘ Hindu theologians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

shruti → contrastedWith → Smriti ⓘ

subject surface form: Shruti

Parashara Smriti → genre → Smriti ⓘ

Shruti → distinguishedFrom → Smriti ⓘ

Hindu scriptures → scriptureType → Smriti ⓘ