Smarta

See also: smarta and smärta

English

Alternative forms

• Smārta
• Smartha

Etymology

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

Noun

Smarta (plural Smartas)

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.

Derived terms

• Smartism

Anagrams

• Matars, Samrat, Satmar, matras, tramas