सूत्र — adage (Noun)
सूत्र — aphorism (Noun)
सूत्र — clue (Noun)
सूत्र — formula (Noun)
सूत्र — source (Noun)
सूत्र — {sūtra} n. (accord. to g. {ardhacâdi} also m##fr. √{siv}, 'to sew', and connected with {sūci} and {sūnā}) a thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire AV. &c. &c##a measuring line (cf. {-pāta}) Hariv. VarBṛS. &c##the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (cf. {yajñôpaviita}) BhP##a girdle ib##a fibre Kālid##a line, stroke MBh. VarBṛS. Gol##a sketch, plan Rājat##that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction BhP##a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these Sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar &c.: e.g. in ritual there are first the Śrauta-sûtras, and among them the Kalpa-sûtras, founded directly on Śruti, q.v. ; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial, giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [IW. 146 &c.] ; other kinds of Śruti works are the Gṛihya-sūtras and Sāmayācārika or Dharma-sūtras, i.e. 'rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs', sometimes called collectively Smārta-sūtras [as founded on {smṛti} or 'tradition', {smārta}] ; these led to the later Dharmaśāstras or 'law-books' {īW. 145} ; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in Sūtras by its supposed founder [IW. 60 &c.] ; in Vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated Sūtras of Pāṇini in eight books, which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature ; with Buddhists, Pāśupatas &c. the term Sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works ; with Jainas they form part of the Dṛishṭivāda) IW. 162 &c##a kind of tree Divyâv
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