sutra
(sūtra)
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Literally, "thread;" a Hindu or Buddhist sacred text. |
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Literally, "thread;" a Hindu or Buddhist sacred text; in Hinduism, any short, aphoristic verse or collection of verses, often elliptical in style; in Buddhism, a collection of the discourses of the Buddha. |
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