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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
one of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brahman, brahmin
History
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्मार्त (smārta), an adjective derived from स्मृति (smṛti, “thinking, remembrance, related to memory”). Compare Smriti.
