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Meaning
noun a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
originBorrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutta; more distantly related to sew and suture.
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