different between sutra vs sutta

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

Etymology

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

Noun

sutta (plural suttas)

1. Alternative form of sutra

Usage notes

No longer common but, when it appears, more often in reference to the Buddhist scriptures (many originally composed in Pali) than the Hindu (more often in Sanskrit).

Anagrams

• sattu, tatus, tauts

Finnish

Noun

sutta

1. Partitive singular form of susi.

Anagrams

• astut, satut

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ????? (s??tra).

Noun

sutta n

1. thread, string

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ????? (suptá).

Adjective

sutta

1. asleep