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smarta

uncommon

noun

1.

one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्मार्त (smārta), an adjective derived from स्मृति (smṛti, “thinking, remembrance, related to memory”). Compare Smriti.

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