सूत्रम्sūtramA thread, string, line, cord; पुष्पमालानुषङ्गेण सूत्रं शिरसि धार्यते Subhās.; मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे…
[सूत्र्-अच्]
- A thread, string, line, cord; पुष्पमालानुषङ्गेण सूत्रं शिरसि धार्यते Subhās.; मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गतिः R.1.4.
- A fibre; सुराङ्गना कर्षति खण्डिताग्रात् सूत्रं मृणालादिव राजहंसी V.1.18; Ku.1.4.
- A wire.
- A collection of threads.
- The sacred thread or sacrificial cord worn by members of the first three classes; शिखासूत्रवान् ब्राह्मणः Tarka K.; विप्रत्वे सूत्रमेव हि Bhāg.12.2.3.
- The string or wire of a puppet.
- A short rule or precept, an aphorism.
- A short or concise technical sentence used as a memorial rule; it is thus defined: स्वल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद् विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः.
- Any work or manual containing such aphoristic rules; Exempli gratia, for example मानवकल्पसूत्र, आपस्तम्बसूत्र, गृह्यसूत्र etc.
- A rule, canon, decree (in law).
- A girdle; वासः ससूत्रं लघुमारुतोऽहरद् भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यतः Bhāg.8.12.23.
- A line, stroke.
- A sketch, plan; त्वमेव धर्मार्थदुघाभिपत्तये दक्षेण सूत्रेण ससर्जिथा- ध्वरम् Bhāg.4.6.44.
- Indication, prelude; विशङ्क्य सूत्रं पुरुषायितस्य तद् भविष्यतोऽस्मायि तदा तदालिभिः Name16.15.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अध्यक्षः superintendent of weaving; Kau. Atmanepada 2.
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-आत्मन् Adjective having the nature of a string or thread. (-Masculine) the soul.
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-आली a string of beads etc. worn round the neck, a necklace.
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-कण्ठः
- a Brāhmaṇa.
- a pigeon, dove.
- a wag-tail.
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-कर्मन् Neuter carpentry; अथ भूमिप्रदेशज्ञाः सूत्रकर्मविशारदाः Rām.2.8.1. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedविशेषज्ञः a weaver; Rām.2.83.12.
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-कारः, -कृत्
- Masculine
- an author or composer of Sūtras.
- a carpenter.
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-कोणः, -कोणकः a small drum shaped like an hourglass (डमरु).
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-कोशः a skein of yarn.
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-क्रीडा a particular game with strings (one of the 64 kalās).
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-गण्डिका a kind of stick used by weavers in spinning threads.
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-ग्रन्थः a book of a phorisms.
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-ग्राह Adjective seizing a thread.
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-ग्राहिन् Masculine a draftsman, an architect.
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-चरणम् Name of a class of Charaṇas or Vedic schools which introduced various Sūtra-works.
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-तन्तुः
- a thread, string.
- perseverance, energy.
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-तर्कुटी a distaff, spindle.
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-दरिद्र
- Adjective 'poor in threads', having a small number of threads, thread-bare; अयं पटः सूत्रदरिद्रतां गतः Mk.2.9. धरः, धारः 'the threadholder', a stage-manager, the principal actor who arranges the cast of characters and instructs them, and takes a prominent part in the Prastāvanā or prelude; he is thus defined: नाट्यस्य यदनुष्ठानं तत् सूत्रं स्यात् सबीजकम् । रङ्गदैवतपूजाकृत् सूत्रधार इति स्मृतः ॥
- a carpenter, an artisan.
- the author of a set of aphorisms.
- an epithet of Indra.
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-धृक्
- Masculine
- an architect.
- a stage-manager.
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-पातः applying the measuring line.
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-पिटकः Name of one of the three collections of Buddhistic writings.
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-पुष्पः the cotton plant.
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-प्रोत Adjective fastened. with wires (as puppets).
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-भिद् Masculine a tailor.
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-भृत्
- Masculine Equivalent to सूत्रधार quod vide, which see यन्त्रम् 'a thread-machine', shuttle.
- a weaver's loom; सूत्रयन्त्रजविशिष्टचेष्टयाश्चर्यसञ्जिबहुशालभञ्जिकः Name18.13.
- a shuttle.
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-वापः weaving (threads).
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-वीणा a kind of lute.
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-वेष्टनम्
- a weaver's shuttle.
- the act of weaving.
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-शाखम् the body.
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-स्थानम् (in medic. works) the first general section (treating of the physician, disease, remedies etc.).
