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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#m1)

2) In Hindu learning a sutra can also be a short rule or saying that is easy to remember. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#x1)
- Buddhists believe the sutras record the Buddha's teachings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#x2)
- The Heart Sutra is very short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#x3)
- We learned that «sutra» comes from a Sanskrit word meaning thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#x4)
- Each sutra was copied by hand onto palm leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/#x5)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/10-ancient-china-paper-silk-the-silk-road-and-confucius/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sutra» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sutra/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.