The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2300 page)

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loka
(epic metre):
see
V
LM
KI
.
Sloka-sa
graha
(collected teachings):
Sm
rta S
tra
.
Any Hindu s
tra based on
sm
ti
, understood as traditional law. They include those concerned with family and household rituals (
g
hya
) and the Dharma S
tras. Sm
rtas are also those who compose such texts, and those
brahmans
who integrate devotional theism into
dharma
. The sm
rta movement was a syncretistic movement connected in origin with
a
kara
, who recognized five deities in particular (
Vi
u
,
iva
,
P
rvat
,
Ga
e
a

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