| sutta:
Discourse.
A sutta (sutra in Sanskrit) consists of the Buddhist
teaching on a particular aspect of the doctrine. It is from these, written
down in the Pali Canon (Tipitaka), that form the basis of Buddhism.
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sutra ['suːtrə]
noun
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(Hinduism) Sanskrit
sayings or collections of sayings on Vedic doctrine dating from
about 200 a.d.
onwards
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| 2 |
[modifier]
(Hinduism)
| a |
of or relating to the last
of the Vedic literary periods, from about 500 to 100 b.c.
example: the sutra period |
| b |
of or relating to the sutras
or compilations of sutras of about 200 a.d.
onwards
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| 3 |
(Buddhism) collections
of dialogues and discourses of classic Mahayana Buddhism dating
from the 2nd to the 6th centuries a.d |
[ETYMOLOGY: 19th Century: from Sanskrit: list of
rules]
| Noun |
1. |
sutra - a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a
group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
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