Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 11
अनुभूतविषयासंप्रमोषः स्मृतिः ॥११॥
anubhūta-viṣaya-asaṃpramoṣaḥ smṛtiḥ ||11||
Memory is the retention of the experience of an object.
anubhūta - experienceviṣaya - objectasaṃpramoṣa - retentionsmṛti - remembrance; memory; mindfulness; the whole body of sacred tradition or what is remembered by human teachers and constantly revisedCommentaries and Reflections
T Krishnamacharya:Anubhūta is the change that occurs in one’s state of mind when it is related to external objects through the involvement of the senses.
This is also known as experience.
Paul Harvey:Memory is the retention of the outcome of our experience of an object.