sutra

Any of various aphoristic doctrinal summaries produced for memorization generally between 500 and 200 BC and later incorporated into Hindu literature.

A scriptural narrative, especially a text traditionally regarded as a discourse of the Buddha.

In Sanskrit lit., a body of rules or precepts. ; ;

A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

A collection of such aphorisms.

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.

A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.

A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.

a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization