सूत्रsūtran. (accord. to g. अर्धचा*दि also m.; fr. √सिव्, "to sew", and connected with सूचि and सूना) a thread, yarn…
- neuter gender (according to to gaRa अर्धचा*दि also masculine gender; from √सिव्, "to sew", and connected with सूचि and सूना) a thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire AV. etc.
- neuter gender a measuring line (confer, compare -पात) Hariv. VarBr2S. etc.
- neuter gender the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (confer, compare यज्ञो*पवीत) BhP.
- neuter gender a girdle ibidem
- neuter gender a fibre Ka1lid.
- neuter gender a line, stroke MBh. VarBr2S. Gol.
- neuter gender a sketch, plan Ra1jat.
- neuter gender that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction BhP.
- neuter gender a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these Su1tra सूत्र works form manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar etc.: exempli gratia, 'for example' in ritual there are first the S3rauta-su1tras श्रौत-सूत्र s, and among them the Kalpa-su1tras कल्प-सूत्र s, founded directly on S3ruti श्रुति quod vide; they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial, giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [IW. 146 etc.]; other kinds of S S3ruti श्रुति works are the Gr2ihya-su1tras गृह्य-सूत्र s and Sa1maya1ca1rika सामयाचारिक or Dharma-su1tras धर्म-सूत्र s id est "rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs", sometimes called collectively Sma1rta-su1tras स्मार्त-सूत्र s [as founded on स्मृति or "tradition" see स्मार्त]; these led to the later Dharmas3a1stras धर्मशास्त्र s or "law-books" [IW. 145]; in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in Su1tras सूत्र s by its supposed founder [IW. 60 etc.]; in Vya1karan2a व्याकरण or grammar there are the celebrated Su1tras सूत्र s of Pa1n2ini पाणिनि in eight books, which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature; with Buddhists Buddhists, Pa1s3upatas पाशुपत s etc. the term Su1tra सूत्र is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works; with Jainas जैन s they form part of the Dr2isht2iva1da दृष्टिवाद) IW. 162 etc.
- neuter gender a kind of tree DivyA7v.
Source: Monier-Williams
