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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sutra  \Su"tra\,  n.;  pl  {Sutras}.  [Skr.  s?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). 

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