Smriti

Smriti ("what is fit/deserves to be remembered") refers to a canon of Hindu religious scripture. Smriti is the name for non-Shruti texts; Smriti is generally seen as secondary to Shruti.

One grouping (they vary) of the Hindu Smriti includes:

DharmaShastra (the laws)
Itihasa (the Histories; including Mahabharata, Ramayana)
Puranas (the fables or writings)
Sutras (proverbs or aphorisms)
Agamas (the philosophies; including Mantras, Tantras, and Yantras)
Dyasanas (the philosophies; including the Vedanta)

Topics in Hinduism
Primary Scriptures:	Vedas \| Upanishads \| Itihasa (Ramayana & Mahabharata) \| Bhagavad Gita
Other texts:	Tantras \| Sutras \| Puranas \| Brahma Sutras \| Hatha Yoga Pradipika \| Yoga Sutra
Concepts:	Brahman \| Dharma \| Karma \| Moksha \| Maya Punarjanma \| Samsara
Schools & Systems:	Early Hinduism \| Samkhya \| Nyaya \| Vaisheshika Yoga \| Mimamsa \| Vedanta \| Tantra \| Bhakti
Traditional Practices:	Jyotish \| Ayurveda
Rituals:	Aarti \| Darshan \| Puja \| Satsang \| Thaal \| Yagnya
Gurus and Saints:	Sankara \| Ramakrishna \| Vivekananda \| Aurobindo Ramana Maharshi \| Sivananda
Denominations:	Vaishnavism \| Shaivism \| Shaktism Agama Hindu Dharma \| Contemporary movements

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