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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).
Definition 2024
sútra
sútra
Irish
Noun
sútra m (genitive singular sútra, nominative plural sútraí)
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra
Declension
Declension of sútra
Fourth declension
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sútra | shútra after an, tsútra |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||