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sutra |
1 definition found 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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