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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sutra /ˈsuːtrə/ (also sutta)

▶noun

1 a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature, or a set of these on grammar or Hindu law or philosophy. See also Kama Sutra.

2 a Buddhist or Jainist scripture.

– origin from Sanskrit sūtra ‘thread, rule’, from siv ‘sew’.

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