Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.182

c16.182

5. **Smṛiti.** *Smṛiti* means 'recalling the past, memories' *Smṛiti* works on the basis of previous experience which it recalls, "just as a son may possess himself of the property of his father wholly or in part by virtue of his right to it, and is not accused of theft for it." Similarly, Smṛiti works within the limits of experience or *anubhava* and does not go beyond them. It works on the basis of the known, while *anubhava* is experience of what was unknown. *Anubhava* or experience makes and leaves an impression (*saṁskāra*) on the mind and *Smṛiti* takes its rise from such *saṁskāras*.