different between sutra vs shloka

English

Alternative forms

• Sutra, s?tra, S?tra
• sutta

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ????? (s??tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sew and suture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?t??/

Noun

sutra (plural sutras)

1. A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.

Related terms

• Kamasutra

Translations

Anagrams

• Astur, Surat, UARTs, ratus, surat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (s?tra, “thread, fibre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.tra/
• Hyphenation: su?tra

Noun

sutra

1. silk

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sutra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ????? (s?tra, “thread, rule”).

Noun

sutra m (definite singular sutraen, indefinite plural sutraer, definite plural sutraene)

1. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra

Etymology 2

see sutre

Verb

sutra

1. inflection of sutre:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Polish

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (s??tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHtram, from Proto-Indo-European *súh?trom, from *syuh?- (“to sew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su.tra/

Noun

sutra f

1. (literature) sutra (rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (scriptural narrative)

Declension

Further reading

• sutra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sutra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

sutra m (plural sutras)

1. (linguistics) sutra (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar)
2. (Buddhism, Hinduism) sutra (a scriptural narrative)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûtra/

Etymology 1

s- +? jutra

Alternative forms

• sj?tra
• ??tra

Adverb

s?tra (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tomorrow

Noun

s?tra n (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. tomorrow

Related terms

See also

• (days relative to today) zanakju?er, nakju?er/nakju?e, prekju?er/prekju?e, ju?er/ju?e, danas, sutra, preksutra/prekosutra, naksutra/nakosutra, zanaksutra ^{(Category: sh:Time)}

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ????? (s??tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”).

Noun

s?tra f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. sutra

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• sloka
• sloke (archaic)

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (?loka).

Noun

shloka (plural shlokas)

1. A distich of Sanskrit verse, in which each line contains sixteen syllables.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 268:

     But it's not to be yet. There's a series of slokas to be recited.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 3:

     They had heard Swamiji on their radio sets describe yoga asanas and quote shlokas from ancient Sanskrit texts.

Anagrams

• Halkos, Khosla