Sutra

[su:trә]

Definition

(noun.) a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization.

Editor: Ramon--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

(n.) A collection of such aphorisms.

(n.) 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.

Editor: Lou

Definition

n. in Sanskrit literature the technical name of aphoristic rules and of works consisting of such rules—the groundworks of the ritual grammatical metrical and philosophical literature of India being written in this form.

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