MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Smriti mean?
Smṛti is Sanskrit for memory and recollection. The term also names the body of learned sacred literature handed down through human teachers. Sanskrit narrative also personifies Smriti as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Angiras.
Meaning themes
memory
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
स्मृति
Conventional spelling
Bengali
স্মৃতি
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Smriti in Indian usage
15,771 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 14,543 records (92.2%).
- Recorded as male: 1,228 records (7.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 395 |
| 1960s | 830 |
| 1970s | 2,238 |
| 1980s | 5,738 |
| 1990s | 6,398 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,784 |
| Bihar | 3,252 |
| Tripura | 1,645 |
| Odisha | 1,544 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,409 |
| Jharkhand | 1,157 |
| Assam | 774 |
| Haryana | 545 |
| Kerala | 507 |
| Rajasthan | 419 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 367 |
| Other states | 368 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, smṛti, p. 1272,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.