H. P. Blavatsky

Smriti. Traditional accounts imparted orally, from the word Smriti, “Memory” a daughter of Daksha. They are now the legal and ceremonial writings of the Hindus; the opposite of, and therefore less sacred, than the Vedas, which are Sruti, or “ revelation ”.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Smriti