20 Facts About Smarta tradition

Smarta tradition, called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature.

The Smarta tradition rejects theistic sectarianism, and is notable for the domestic worship of five shrines with five deities, all treated as equal – Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu and Surya.

The Smarta tradition contrasted with the older Shrauta tradition, which was based on elaborate rituals and rites.

Smarta tradition developed during Classical Period of Hinduism around the beginning of the Common Era, when Hinduism emerged from the interaction between Brahmanism and local traditions.

The Smarta tradition is aligned with Advaita Vedanta, and regards Adi Shankara as its founder or reformer.

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The Smarta tradition has been called by William Jackson as "advaitin, monistic in its outlook".

Term Smarta tradition refers to Brahmins who specialise in the Smriti corpus of texts named the Grihya Sutras, in contrast to Shrauta Sutras.

Smarta tradition is an adjective derived from Smriti .

Smarta tradition is especially associated with a "Sect Founded By Shankaracharya", according to Monier Williams.

The revived Smarta tradition attempted to integrate varied and conflicting devotional practices, with its ideas of nondual experience of Atman as Brahman.

The growth of this Smarta Tradition began in the Gupta period, and likely was dominated by Dvija classes, in particular the Brahmins, of the early medieval Indian society.

Rama and Krsna became the focus of a strong bhakti Smarta tradition, which found expression particularly in the Bhagavata Purana.

The Krsna Smarta tradition subsumed numerous Naga, yaksa and hill and tree based cults.

Medieval era scholars such as Vedanta Desika and Vallabhacharya recognized Smarta as competing with Vaishnavism and other traditions.

Smarta tradition emerged initially as a synthesis movement to unify Hinduism into a nonsectarian form based on the Vedic heritage.

Smarta as a tradition emphasized all gods as equal and different ways of perceiving the all-pervasive metaphysical impersonal Brahman.

The concept of the saguna Brahman is considered in this Smarta tradition to be a useful symbolism and means for those who are still on their spiritual journey, but the saguna concept is abandoned by the fully enlightened once he or she realizes the identity of their own soul with that of the nirguna Brahman.

Adjective Smarta tradition is used to classify a Brahmin who adheres to the Smriti corpus of texts.

Smarta tradition Brahmins specialize in the Smriti corpus of texts, are differentiated from Srauta Brahmins who specialize in the Sruti corpus of texts such as the Brahmanas layer embedded inside the Vedas.

Smarta tradition Brahmins are differentiated from Brahmins who specialize in the Agamic literature such as the Adi Shaiva Brahmins, Sri Vaishnava Brahmins and Shaiva Kashmiri Pandits.