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Webster 1913 Edition
Sutra
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Su′tra
,Noun.
pl.
Sutras
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. [Skr.
s[GREEK]tra
a thread, a string of rules; an aphorism; fr. siv
to sew.] 1.
(a)
A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
(b)
A collection of such aphorisms.
2.
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.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).