Sm
ti
(Skt., ‘recollection’). In Hinduism, the second part of ‘scripture’, less than
ruti
, but possessing authority. Sm
ti, passed on orally by tradition, gains validity by being derived from
ruti. It extends to a wide range of works, including
Ved
gas
,
Sm
rta S
tras
,
Pur
as
,
Itih
sa
, including
Mah
bh
rata
and
R
m
ya
a