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noun

Sutra n. (pl. sutras)

(a)

A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

(b)

A collection of such aphorisms.

pl. A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.

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Etymology of 'Sutra'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sutra" Quotes from Famous Books

... canon. The friendship between Sakyamuni and Ananda was very close and tender; and it is impossible to read much of what the dying Buddha said to him and of him, as related in the Mahapari-nirvana Sutra, without being moved almost to tears. Ananda is to reappear on earth ...

— Chinese Literature • Anonymous

... priest and his acolyte stripped Hoichi: then, with their writing-brushes, they traced upon his breast and back, head and face and neck, limbs and hands and feet,—even upon the soles of his feet, and upon all parts of his body,—the text of the holy sutra called Hannya-Shin-Kyo. [7] When this had been done, the priest ...

— Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things • Lafcadio Hearn

Words linked to "Sutra" : Sanskrit literature