Smarta

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A follower of the Smartha Tradition, a denomination of the Vedic Hindu religion that accepts all major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman.
  2. 2
    one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism wordnet

Etymology

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

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