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Definition of Sutra
1. Noun. A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization.
Definition of Sutra
1. n. A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
Definition of Sutra
1. Noun. A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy. ¹
2. Noun. (Buddhism Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sutra
1. a Hindu aphorism [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sutra
Literary usage of Sutra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"With xiv a new section of the sutra opens, which is partly Brahmana in style,
and of which full details have been given above, xvii and xviii are no real ..."
2. A Catalogue of the Chinese Translation of the Buddhist Tripitaka, the Sacred by Bunyiu Nanjio (1883)
"629 ' sutra on eleven methods of thinking of the Tathagata. ... 741 ' sutra on
transmigration throughout the five paths or states of existence as rewards ..."
3. A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far as it Illustrates the by Friedrich Max Müller (1859)
"Manava-sutra, large fragments of text existing. 5. Bharadvaja-sutra, quoted. 6.
... Katha-sutra, quoted. 11. Varaha-sutra, quoted. B. New, or Bright Text. ..."
4. The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1901)
"This is cited in the epic as Vedic, the reading following that of the sutra and
adding one stanza, which clearly belongs to the citation, i, 74, ..."
5. Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus by Horace Hayman Wilson (1846)
"Kalpa sutra, the precepts of ... Kalpa sutra Siddhanta, the essence of the Kalpa
sutra. Prakrit. ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The oldest work is the Kau<;ika sutra, which gives the ritual for the employment
of these hymns and has its closest analogies in the ..."
7. The History of Indian Literature by Albrecht Weber (1878)
"All that resub ai*nini in his turn is from the fact of each sutra ft- fr°m ^8>
ад wel1 ^ reputed author, is rather that thes 41^ citing its own of the ..."
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