Smarta

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.

Noun

  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.

Origin

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

Forms

Smartas Smārta Smartha

Derived

Smartism