Anusmriti
1) Cherished recollection; thinking of; अनुस्मृतेर्बादरिः (anusmṛterbādariḥ) ŚB. 1.2.3.
2) Thinking of one thing to the exclusion of others.
Derivable forms: anusmṛtiḥ (अनुस्मृतिः).
Anusmṛti (अनुस्मृति) in Sanskrit or Anussati in Pali, refers to a set of “eight recollections”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 31.—The tenth class of supplementary dharmas (bodhipākṣika-dharma) to be fulfilled by the Bodhisattva is made up of the eight recollections (anusmṛti, in Pāli, anussati).
The following should be cultivated (bhāvitavyā) by the bodhisattva:
recollection of the Buddha (buddhānusmṛti),
recollection of the Dharma (dharmānusmṛti),
recollection of the Community (saṃghānusmṛti),
recollection of discipline (śīlānusmṛti),
recollection of abandonment (tyāgānusmṛti),
recollection of the deities (devatānusmṛti),
recollection of inhalation and exhalation (ānāpānasmṛti),
recollection of death (maraṇānusmṛti).
The Śrāvakas practice [the eight recollections, anusmṛti for themselves whereas the Bodhisattvas practice for all beings. In the Śrāvakas, they free only from old age (jarā), sickness (vyādhi) and death (maraṇa), whereas in the Bodhisattvas they perfect the qualities (guṇa) of omniscience (sarvajñāna). These are the differences (viśeṣa).
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
Anusmṛti (अनुस्मृति) refers to the “six recollections” as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 54):
buddhānusmṛti (recollection of the Buddha),
dharmānusmṛti (recollection of the Dharma),
saṅghānusmṛti (recollection of the Saṅgha),
tyāgānusmṛti (recollection of generosity),
śīlānusmṛti (recollection of virtue),
devānusmṛti (recollection of the gods).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (eg., anusmṛti). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
