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‖ Sutra|ˈsuːtrə|
[Skr. sūtra thread, string, (hence) rule, f. siv sew v.1 Cf. F. soûtra.]
In Sanskrit literature, a short mnemonic rule in grammar, law, or philosophy, requiring expansion by means of a commentary. Also applied to Buddhistic text-books.
1801Colebrooke Ess., Sanscrĭt & Prácrĭt Lang. (1837) II. 5 Whatever may be the true history of Pánini, to him the Sútras, or succinct aphorisms of grammar, are attributed by universal consent. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 664/1 The Taouist literature, which has its foundation in The Sûtra of Reason and of Virtue by Laoutsze, the founder of the sect. 1886Conder Syrian Stone-Lore ix. (1896) 372 Some of its episodes [i.e. of Sindbad the Sailor] at least are recognised in the Buddhist Sutras.
attrib.1867Chambers' Encycl. IX. 230 That a habit deeply rooted outlives necessity, is probably also shewn by these Sûtra works. 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 782/2 Their earliest..legal writings belong to the Sûtra period, or scholastic development, of the Veda. |