sutra

«sutra» in Mova's school dictionary: a holy teaching or text in Buddhism or Hinduism, often a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sutra, sutras)

meaning for a pupil

1) (religion) A sutra is a holy teaching or text in Buddhism or Hinduism, often a sermon of the Buddha or short wise sayings. tree →

2) In Hindu learning a sutra can also be a short rule or saying that is easy to remember. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in religious education lessons about Buddhism and Hinduism: monks chant sutras; famous ones are the Lotus Sutra and the Heart Sutra; it tells the reader about sacred writings.

examples

• The monks chanted a sutra in the temple. tree →
• Buddhists believe the sutras record the Buddha's teachings. tree →
• The Heart Sutra is very short. tree →
• We learned that «sutra» comes from a Sanskrit word meaning thread. tree →
• Each sutra was copied by hand onto palm leaves. tree →

note

Comes from Sanskrit (an old language of India), meaning «thread». Countable: sutras. Say it «SOO-truh». Speak of beliefs respectfully: «Buddhists believe…».

In the corpora

• The Chinese printed books with carved wooden blocks over 1,100 years ago; the Diamond Sutra of 868 is the oldest dated printed book.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sutra» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.