Sutra

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title: Sutra
text: Sutra in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In Hinduism, sutras are a distinct type of literary composition, a compilation of short aphoristic statements. Each sutra is any short rule, like a theorem distilled into few words or syllables, around which teachings of ritual, philosophy, gramm
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description: Text in Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism, often a collection of aphorisms
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date created: 2001-09-27T04:10:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T16:56:54Z
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