Smārta tradition
A living tradition within Hinduism. The disagreements in the sources are shown rather than settled.
Smārta tradition is a living tradition within Hinduism. Also written Smartism, Smarta sect, Smarta Brahmins.
Origin
No founding year is given below, because the sources read do not agree on one and a date has not been chosen for them. Britannica: 'a Hindu sect whose members consider themselves orthodox practitioners' who 'pay allegiance in their worship to the five major gods—Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Surya, and Ganesha—in the pancayatana puja ("five-shrines worship")'. Historically linked to Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta; Britannica dates Śaṅkara c. 700–750. No founder and no founding year for the tradition itself.
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Citation
English
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John Shaqi. “Smārta tradition.” English version. 11 August 2026. https://johnshaqi.com/articles/sect-smarta-tradition.
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title = {Smārta tradition},
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note = {Accessed n.d.}
}The word count is counted from this edition. The minute estimate uses 238 words a minute, the silent reading rate for English non-fiction reported by Brysbaert (2019). The Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu editions carry a word count and no estimate, because no comparable rate has been published for those scripts.