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सूत्र (sUtra)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
सूत्र r. 10th cl. (सूत्रयति-ते)
1. To bind, to thread, to string.
2. To write
in the form of a concise rule.
3. To plan, to systematize.
4. To
unbind. to loosen.
सूत्र
n.
 (-त्रं)
1. A thread in general.
2. A rule, a precept, in morals or
science
a short, obscure, and technical sentence, enjoying some
observance in law or religion, or intimating some rule in
grammar, logic, &c.
in each case it is the fundamental and
primitive part of Hindu learning, and is the form in which the
works of the early and supposed inspired writers appear
the
ingenuity and labour of subsequent authors having expanded and
explained the original Sūtras in various commentaries and
glosses.
3. An opinion or decree, (in law.)
4. A string, a collection
of threads, as that worn by the three first classes, &c.
5. The
string or wire of a puppet.
6. A fibre.
E.
 षिव् to sew, ष्ट्रन् Unādi
aff.
 , and इव changed to ऊ
or सूत्र to string, अच्
aff.
Capeller Eng
English
सू॑त्र
n.
 thread, cord,
esp.
 the sacred cord worn by the
first three classes
string, wire
line, brief rule or a book of such
rules.
Yates
English
सूत्र (कत्) सूत्रयति 10.
a. To thread,
string.
सूत्र (त्रं) 1.
n.
 A thread, a
Brāhmani-
cal thread
a line
verse, text
rule
decree of law.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - formula
सूत्रशलाका - sUtrazalAkA -
f.
 - formulabar [ computer ]
शिष्टाचार - ziSTAcAra -
m.
 - commonformulas
विधि - vidhi -
m.
 - formula
अन्वह्नोति { अन्वह् } - anvahnoti { anvah } - verb 5 - pronounce [ especially a ceremonial formula ]
आकृष्टिमन्त्र - AkRSTimantra -
m.
 - above formula
म - ma -
m.
 - magic formula
पदमाला - padamAlA -
f.
 - magical formula
फु - phu -
m.
 - magical formula
दीपिनी - dIpinI -
f.
 - mystical formula
मन्त्र - mantra -
m.
 - formula of prayer
दैवावृध् - daivAvRdh -
n.
 - particular formula
अयजुस् - ayajus -
n.
 - not a yajus-formula
प्रयोग - prayoga -
m.
 - formula to be recited
वाक - vAka -
m.
f.
 - recitation or formula
अभ्युपमन्त्रयते { अभ्युपमन्त्र् } - abhyupamantrayate { abhyupamantr } - verb - address with a formula
अयजुष्क - ayajuSka -
adj.
 - without a yajus-formula
संयोगमन्त्र - saMyogamantra -
m.
 - nuptial text or formula
संरूपण-सूत्र - saMrUpaNa-sUtra -
n.
 - configurational formula [ Chem. ]
अयजुस् - ayajus -
n.
 - without a yajus-formula
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - string
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - thread
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - twain
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - formula
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - stroke
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - yarn
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - plan
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - short sentence
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - fibre
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - sketch
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - discourse
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - measuring line
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - cord
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - direction
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - short sentence or aphoristic rule
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - line
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - wire
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - lace
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - kind of tree
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - aphorism
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - rule
सूत्र - sUtra -
n.
 - girdle
सङ्कलन सूत्र - saGkalana sUtra -
n.
 - addition theorem
संरूपण-सूत्र - saMrUpaNa-sUtra -
n.
 - configurational formula [ Chem. ]
सूत्र sUtra
n.
 twain
द्विधा dvidhA adverb in twain
विगत vigata
n.
 in twain
सूत्र sUtra
n.
 aphorism
वचन vacana
n.
 aphorism
उपदेशवाक्य upadezavAkya
n.
 aphorism
वक्तव्य vaktavya
n.
 aphorism
वाक्य vAkya
n.
 aphorism
सूत्रग्रन्थ sUtragrantha
m.
 book of aphorisms
शाण्डिल्यसूत्र zANDilyasUtra
n.
 aphorisms of zANDilya
सूत्रण sUtraNa
n.
 arranging in aphorisms
वैशेषिकसूत्र vaizeSikasUtra
n.
 aphorisms of the vaizeSika
सूत्रयति { सूत्र् } sUtrayati { sUtr } verb teach as a sUtra or aphorism
न्यायसूत्रवृत्ति nyAyasUtravRtti
f.
 commentary on these aphorisms
सरस्वतीसूत्र sarasvatIsUtra
n.
 aphorisms of the sarasvatI grammar
शारीरकसूत्र zArIrakasUtra
n.
 aphorisms on the vedAnta philosophy
न्यायसूत्र nyAyasUtra
n.
 aphorisms of the nyAya philosophy by gautama
सूत्रित sUtrita
adj.
 prescribed or delivered in aphorisms or axioms
योग yoga
m.
 combined or concentrated grammatical rule or aphorism
योगसूत्र yogasUtra
n.
 aphorisms of the Yoga system of philosophy ascribed to pataJjali
सूत्र sUtra
n.
 short sentence or aphoristic rule
Wilson
English
सूत्र r. 10th cl. (सूचयति) To bind, to thread, to string.
सूत्र
m.
 (-त्रं)
1 A thread in general.
2 A rule, a precept, in morals or science
a short, obscure, and technical
sentence, enjoining some observance in law or religion, or intimating some rule
in grammar, logic, &c.
in each case it is the fundamental and primitive part of
Hindu learning, and is the form in which the works of the early and supposed
inspired writers appear
the ingenuity and labour of subsequent authors having
expanded and explained the original Sūtras in various commentaries and
glosses.
3 An opinion or decree in law.
4 A string, a collection of threads, as that worn by the three first classes,
&c.
E.
 षिव to sew, ष्ट्रन् Uṇādi
aff.
 , and इव changed to ऊ, or
सूत्र to string, क
aff.
Apte
English
सूत्रम् [sūtram], [सूत्र्-अच्]
A thread, string, line, cord
पुष्पमालानुषङ्गेण सूत्रं शिरसि धार्यते Subhās.
मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गतिः
R.*
 1.4.
A fibre
सुराङ्गना कर्षति खण्डिताग्रात् सूत्रं मृणालादिव राजहंसी
V.*
 1.18
Ku.*
 1.4.
A wire.
A collection of threads.
The sacred thread or sacrificial cord worn by members of the first three classes
शिखासूत्रवान् ब्राह्मणः Tarka K.
विप्रत्वे सूत्रमेव हि
Bhāg.*
 12.2.3.
The string or wire of a puppet.
A short rule or precept, an aphorism.
A short or concise technical sentence used as a memorial rule
it is thus defined: स्वल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद् विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः.
Any work or manual containing such aphoristic rules
e. g. मानवकल्पसूत्र, आपस्तम्बसूत्र, गृह्यसूत्र
&c.
A rule, canon, decree (in law).
A girdle
वासः ससूत्रं लघुमारुतो$हरद् भवस्य देवस्य किलानुपश्यतः
Bhāg.*
 8.12.23.
A line, stroke.
A sketch, plan
त्वमेव धर्मार्थदुघाभिपत्तये दक्षेण सूत्रेण ससर्जिथा- ध्वरम्
Bhāg.*
 4.6.44.
Indication, prelude
विशङ्क्य सूत्रं पुरुषायितस्य तद् भविष्यतो$स्मायि तदा तदालिभिः
N.*
 16.15.Comp. -अध्यक्षः superintendent of weaving
Kau.
A.
 2. -आत्मन्
a.
 having the nature of a string or thread. (m. ) the soul. -आली a string of beads
&c.
 worn round the neck, a necklace.
कण्ठः a Brāhmaṇa.
a pigeon, dove.
a wag-tail. -कर्मन्
n.
 carpentry
अथ भूमिप्रदेशज्ञाः सूत्रकर्मविशारदाः
Rām.*
 2.8.1. ˚विशेषज्ञः a weaver
Rām.*
 2.83.12. -कारः, -कृत्
m.
an author or composer of Sūtras.
a carpenter.-कोणः, -कोणकः a small drum shaped like an hourglass (डमरु). -कोशः a skein of yarn. -क्रीडा a particular game with strings (one of the 64 kalās).-गण्डिका a kind of stick used by weavers in spinning threads. -ग्रन्थः a book of a phorisms. -ग्राह
a.
 seizing a thread. -ग्राहिन्
m.
 a draftsman, an architect.-चरणम्
N.
 of a class of Charaṇas or Vedic schools which introduced various Sūtra-works.
तन्तुः a thread, string.
perseverance, energy. -तर्कुटी a distaff, spindle. -दरिद्र
a.
 'poor in threads', having a small number of threads, thread-bare
अयं पटः सूत्रदरिद्रतां गतः
Mk.*
 2.9.
धरः, धारः 'the threadholder', a stage-manager, the principal actor who arranges the cast of characters and instructs them, and takes a prominent part in the Prastāvanā or prelude
he is thus defined: नाट्यस्य यदनुष्ठानं तत् सूत्रं स्यात् सबीजकम् । रङ्गदैवतपूजाकृत् सूत्रधार इति स्मृतः ॥
a carpenter, an artisan.
the author of a set of aphorisms.
an epithet of Indra. -धृक्
m.
an architect.
a stage-manager. -पातः applying the measuring line.-पिटकः
N.
 of one of the three collections of Buddhistic writings. -पुष्पः the cotton plant. -प्रोत
a.
 fastened. with wires (as puppets). -भिद्
m.
 a tailor. -भृत्
m.
=
 सूत्रधार q. v.
यन्त्रम् 'a thread-machine', shuttle.
a weaver's loom
सूत्रयन्त्रजविशिष्टचेष्टयाश्चर्यसञ्जिबहुशालभञ्जिकः
N.*
 18.13.
a shuttle. -वापः weaving (threads). -वीणा a kind of lute.
वेष्टनम् a weaver's shuttle.
the act of weaving. -शाखम् the body. -स्थानम् (in medic. works) the first general section (treating of the physician, disease, remedies
&c.
 ).
Apte 1890
English
सूत्रं [सूत्र्-अच्] 1 A thread, string, line, cord
पुष्पमालानुषंगेण सूत्रं शिरसि धार्यते Subhāṣ.
मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गातिः R. 1. 4.
2 A fibre
सुरांगना कर्षति खंडिताग्रात्सूत्रं मृणालादिव राजहंसी V. 1. 18, Ku. 1. 40.
3 A wire.
4 A collection of threads.
5 The sacred thread or sacrificial cord worn by members of the first three classes
शिखासूत्रवान् ब्राह्मणः Tarka K.
6 The string or wire of a puppet.
7 A short rule or precept, an aphorism.
8 A short or concise technical sentence used as a memorial rule
it is thus defined:
स्वल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः.
9 Any work or manual containing such aphoristic rules
e. g. मानवकल्पसूत्र, आपस्तंबसूत्र, गृह्यसूत्र &c.
10 A rule, canon, decree (in law).
Comp.
आत्मन् a. having the nature of a string or thread. (
m.) the soul.
आली a string of beads &c. worn round the neck, a necklace.
कंठः {1} a Brāhmaṇa. {2} a pigeon, dove. {3} a wag-tail.
कर्मन् n. carpentry.
कारः,
कृत् m. an author or composer of Sūtras.
कोणः, कोणकः a small drum shaped like an hourglass (डमरु).
गंडिका a kind of stick used by weavers in spinning threads.
चरणं N. of a class of charanas or Vedic schools which introduced various Sūtra works.
तंतुः a thread, string.
तर्कुटी a distaff, spindle.
दरिद्र a. ‘poor in threads’, having a small number of threads, thread-bare
अयं पटः सूत्रदरिद्रतां गतः Mk. 2. 9.
धरः,
धारः {1} ‘the thread-holder’, a stage-manager, the principal actor who arranges the cast of characters and instructs them, and takes a prominent part in the Prastāvanā or prelude
he is thus defined.
नाट्यस्य यदनुष्ठानं तत्सूत्रं स्यात्सबीजकम् । रंगदैवतपूजाकृत् सूत्रधार इति स्मृतः ॥. {2} a carpenter, an artisan. {3} the author of a set of aphorisms. {4} an epithet of Indra.
पिटकः N. of one of the three collections of Buddhistic writings.
पुष्पः the cotton plant.
भिद् m. a tailor.
भृत् m. = सूत्रधार q. v.
यंत्रं {1} ‘a thread machine’, shuttle. {2} a weaver's loom.
वीणा a kind of lute.
वेष्टनं a weaver's shuttle.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
सू॑त्र
n.
 (accord. to g. अर्धचादि also
m.
fr.
 √ सिव्, ‘to sew’, and connected with सूचि and सूना) a thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire,
AV.
&c.
&c.
a measuring line (cf. -पात),
Hariv.
VarBṛS.
&c.
the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (cf. यज्ञोपवीत),
BhP.
a girdle, ib.
a fibre,
Kālid.
a line, stroke,
MBh.
VarBṛS.
Gol.
a sketch, plan,
Rājat.
that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction,
BhP.
a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads (these Sūtra works form manuals of teaching in ritual, philosophy, grammar
&c.
 : e.g. in ritual there are first the Śrauta-sūtras, and among them the Kalpa-sūtras, founded directly on Śruti q.v.
they form a kind of rubric to Vedic ceremonial, giving concise rules for the performance of every kind of sacrifice [IW. 146
&c.
 ]
other kinds of Ś° works are the Gṛhya-sūtras and Sāmayācārika or Dharma-sūtras i.e. ‘rules for domestic ceremonies and conventional customs’, sometimes called collectively Smārta-sūtras [as founded on स्मृति or ‘tradition’, see स्मार्त]
these led to the later Dharmaśāstras or ‘law-books’ [IW. 145]
in philosophy each system has its regular text-book of aphorisms written in Sūtras by its supposed founder [IW. 60
&c.
 ]
in Vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated Sūtras of Pāṇini in eight books, which are the groundwork of a vast grammatical literature
with Buddhists, Pāśupatas
&c.
 the term Sūtra is applied to original text books as opp. to explanatory works
with Jainas they form part of the Dṛṣṭivāda),
IW.
 162
&c.
a kind of tree,
Divyāv.
Monier Williams 1872
English
सूत्र, अम्, n. (fr. rt. सिव्, ‘to sew
’ but said to
be connected with rt. सूत्र् above), a thread, string,
line, cord
fibre, wire
a collection of threads
the
sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes,
(see यज्ञोपवीत, p. 804)
the string or wire of a
puppet or doll
a short rule or precept, axiom,
aphorism (in morals, religion, or science
इति सू-
त्रेण, according to such an aphorism)
a short and
technical sentence or metrical line used as a memorial
rule to aid in the acquirement of any system (and
hence generally expressed in brief and obscure and
sometimes symbolical language, intelligible only to
those who possess the key to its interpretation, this
key being sometimes given in separate Sūtras called
Paribhāṣās, and the right understanding of a whole
series or chain of rules depending on a knowledge of
the Adhikāra or heading-rule and its influence [अनु-
वृत्ति] on those that follow
these short sentences
and aphoristic rules, the use of which constitutes a
most curious feature in the literary history of the
Hindūs, appear to have been often mere aids to the
memory of teachers — mere hints to guide lecturers in
their oral explications
they were also especially
useful in this way to the priests who had the
management of a complicated ritual)
any work or
manual consisting of strings or long lines of the
above aphoristic rules and sentences hanging toge-
ther like threads, (though the term सूत्र may
possibly indicate not so much a line or series of
rules as rules written on leaves which were kept
together by strings
these Sūtra works form a sort
of groundwork or foundation of teaching, not only
in all religious ritual, but in philosophy, in grammar,
and in the collateral subjects of accent, euphony,
etymology, and prosody: thus in religion and ritual
there are first the Śrauta-sūtras, and among them
principally the Kalpa-sūtras, founded directly on
Śruti, q. v., and treating especially of ritual
they
form a kind of rubric or directory to Vedic cere-
monial, or in other words, a complete systema-
tized guide to the rambling discursive Brāhmaṇa as
distinct from the Mantra portion of the Veda [see
ब्राह्मण], giving concise rules for the perform-
ance of every kind of sacrifice
there are Sūtras of
this kind by Āśvalāyana and Śāṅkhāyana for the
Ṛg-veda
by Kātyāyana for the White Yajur-veda
by Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, and the Mānavas for
the Black Yajur-veda
by Lāṭyāyana, Drāhyāyaṇa,
Maśaka, and Gobhila for the Sāma-veda
and by
Kuśika for the Atharva-veda
there are also two
other kinds of Sūtras connected with ceremonial,
viz. the Grihya-sūtras and Sāmayācārika or Dharma-
sūtras [often by the same authors, with special refer-
ence also to each separate Veda, and even placed by
some, like the Kalpa, under the head of Sūtras
founded on Śruti], which are really ‘rules for domestic
ceremonies and conventional customs, ’ and are some-
times called collectively Smārta-sūtras [as founded
on स्मृति or ‘tradition, ’ see स्मार्त]
these led to
the later Dharma-śāstras or ‘law-books’ attributed
to Manu, Yājñavalkya, Parāśara, &c., the names of
the authors of the Sūtras and of the law-books being
often identical
in philosophy each system has its
regular text-book of aphorisms written in Sūtras by
its supposed founder, see वेदान्त-सूत्र, न्याय-स्°,
साङ्ख्य-स्°, मीमांसा-स्°, वैशेषिक-स्°, योग-स्°
in Vyākaraṇa or grammar there are the celebrated
Sūtras of Pāṇini in eight books, which are the
groundwork of a vast grammatical literature, besides
the Uṇādi-sūtras on certain affixes
in Vedic accent
and phonetics there are the Prātiśākhyas [see प्राति-
शाख्य] and the Phiṭ-sūtras of Śāntanava
in
etymology there are strings of Vedic words, and
in prosody there are the Sūtras of Piṅgala-nāga on
Chandas, including both Vedic and non-Vedic
metres, and the Nidāna-sūtra on the metres of the
Sāma-veda and Vedic metres generally: it should be
borne in mind that the mixture of Ślokas in some
of the Prātiśākhyas and in some more recent Sūtra
works, though depriving them of the brevity strictly
necessary to constitute Sūtras, does not prevent their
being regarded as collections of aphoristic and me-
morial rules: with regard to grammatical Sūtras it is
necessary to remember that all connecting words
used as prepositions, however necessary to the sense,
are omitted
thus, a word in the genitive case re-
quires स्थाने, ‘instead of, ’ to be supplied
a word in
the ablative requires परम्, ‘after
’ a word in the
instrumental requires सह, ‘together with
’ a word
in the locative, though sometimes to be translated
in the ordinary way by prefixing ‘in, ’ may often be
used as a locative absolute, and परे must then be
supplied, the sense being ‘on such an affix or word
coming after or following
’ the word वा is equivalent
to ‘optionally’ or ‘alternative’)
any rule, law, canon,
decree (in law &c.).
—सूत्र-कण्ठ, अस्, m. ‘hav-
ing Sūtras in the throat or mouth ready to be
repeated, ’ a Brāhman
‘having lines on the throat, ’
a pigeon, dove
a wagtail.
—सूत्र-कर्मन्, अ, n.
‘rule-work, ’ carpentry.
—सूत्र-कार, अस्, m. the
author or composer of Sūtras.
—सूत्र-कृत्, त्, m.
‘Sūtra-maker, ’ the author of an aphorism or set of
aphorisms.
—सूत्र-कोण or सूत्र-कोणक, अस्, m.
a small drum shaped like an hour-glass and struck
by a string and button (= डमरु).
—सूत्र-
गण्डिका, f. a kind of stick used by weavers in
spinning threads.
—सूत्र-ग्रह, अस्, आ, अम्, hold-
ing a thread.
—सूत्र-ग्राह, अस्, ई, अम्, taking a
thread.
—सूत्र-चरण, N. of a class of Caraṇas or
Vedic schools who introduced various Sūtra works.
—सूत्र-तन्तु, उस्, m. a thread, string, line.
—सू-
त्र-तर्कुटी, f. a distaff, spindle.
—सूत्र-धर,
अस्, m. = सूत्र-धार.
—सूत्र-धार, अस्, m. ‘rule-
holder, thread-holder, ’ a stage-manager, a director or
principal actor who arranges the plot of a drama
and takes a leading part in the prelude
a carpenter
the author of a set of rules or aphorisms
epithet of
Indra.
—सूत्र-पिटक, अस्, m., N. of one of the
three collections of Buddhist writings (viz. those
which prescribe rules for the laity, see त्रि-पिटक).
—सूत्र-पुष्प, अस्, m. ‘thread-flowered, ’ the
cotton plant.
—सूत्र-भिद्, त्, m. ‘thread-cutter, ’ a
tailor.
—सूत्र-भृत्, त्, m. = सूत्र-धार.
—सू-
त्र-मध्य-भू, ऊस्, f. ‘born amid threads or
fibres, ’ the resin or Shorea Robusta
incense.
—सू-
त्र-यन्त्र, अम्, n. ‘thread-machine, ’ a shuttle
a
weaver's loom.
—सूत्र-विद्, त्, m. ‘a Sūtra-knower, ’
one versed in Sūtras.
—सूत्र-वीणा, f. a kind of lute
(= लाबुकी).
—सूत्र-वेष्टन, अम्, n. a weaver's
shuttle
the act of weaving.
—सूत्रात्मन् (°र-आत्°),
आ, आ, अ, having the nature of a string or thread
(आ), m. ‘soul-thread, ’ intellect having for its site the
collective totality of subtile bodies
the soul.
—सू-
त्राली (°र-आली), f. a string of beads &c. worn round
the neck, necklace.
Macdonell
English
सूत्र sū́-tra,
n.
 [√ sīv] V., C.: thread, string, 🞄cor (ord. mg.)
C.
sacred cord (worn over 🞄the left shoulder by the three upper castes)
🞄measuring line
fibre
line
sketch, plan
🞄(thread running through and holding together 🞄=) concise rule or aphorism
manual 🞄consisting of aphoristic rules: -ka,
n.
 thread, 🞄cord
-kāra,
m.
 author of a Sūtra work or 🞄[Page357-2] 🞄manual
-tantu,
m.
 thread
-daridra,
a.
 🞄(poor in threads =) threadbare: -tā,
f.
 threadbare 🞄condition
-dhāra,
m.
 [holder of the 🞄measuring line] carpenter, builder, architect
🞄[wire-puller =] stage-manager
—°
m.
 , ī,
f.
 🞄leading spirit in
-pāta,
m.
 drop of the 🞄measuring line: -ṃ kṛ or car, measure, 🞄compare
-piṭaka,
m.
n.
 (basket =) collection 🞄of the Buddhistic Sūtras
-prota, pp. 🞄attached to (= worked by) strings (puppet)
🞄-bhṛt,
m.
 stage-manager.
Benfey
English
सूत्र सूत्र, i. e. सिव् + त्र,
n.
1. A
thread, Hit. 65, 13.
2. Fibre, Vikr. d.
19.
3. A string, Vikr. d. 140
the
holy string, d. 157.
4. A rule in
morals or science, a short aphorism,
e. g. the rules of Pāṇini.
5. An
opinion or decree in law.
--
Comp.
कटि-,
n.
 a zone, Bhāg. P. 5, 3, 4.
कण्ठ-,
n.
 a kind of embracing,
Ragh. 19, 32.
कल्प-,
n.
 a सूत्र or
rule concerning ritual.
काल-,
n.
 the
name of a hell, Man. 3, 249.
दिर्घ-,
adj.
 irresolute, Pañc. 245, 23. (दिर्घ
-सूत्र + ता,
f.
 procrastination, Rām. 2,
72, 96, Seramp).
अ-दीर्घ-,
adj.
 reso-
lute.
धर्म-,
I.
n.
 a work on law,
Utt. Rāmac. 71, 12.
II.
m.
 a proper
name, Bhāg. P. 9, 22, 16. ब्रह्म-
सूत्र, i. e.
ब्रह्मन्-,
n.
 title of a ve-
dantic work, Lass. 2. ed. 87, 14 (see
शारीरक-). मान-,
n.
 1. a chain of gold
or silver worn round the loins. 2. a
thread for measuring, Daśak. in Chr.
186, 11.
मूल-,
n.
 a principal precept,
Cāṇ. 3 in Berl. Monatsb. 1864, p. 407.
यज्ञ-,
n.
 the sacrificial cord. शा-
रीरक-,
n.
 statement concerning the
embodied spirit, i. e. the ब्रह्मसूत्रस्
of Bādarāyaṇa, Vedāntas. in Chr. 202,
7.
सावित्री-,
n.
 the sacrificial cord.
हस्त-,
n.
 a bracelet.
Hindi
Hindi
एक धागे
Apte Hindi
Hindi
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
"धागा, डोरी, रेखा, रस्सी"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
"रेशा, तन्तु"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
तार
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
धागों की आटी
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
"यज्ञोपवीत, जनेऊ"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
पुत्तलिका का तार या डोरी
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
"संक्षिप्त विधि, गुर, सूत्र"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
परिभाषा परक संक्षिप्त वाक्य
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
सूत्रग्रन्थ
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र + अच्
"विधि, धर्म-सूत्र, अज्ञाप्ति"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र्+अच्
मेखला
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र्+अच्
"रेखाचित्र, आरेख"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र्+अच्
"संकेत, आमुख्"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र्+अच्
"धागा, डोरा"
सूत्रम्
नपुं*
 - सूत्र्+अच्
रेशा
L R Vaidya
English
sUtra {% n. %} 1. A thread, string, line, cord, मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गतिः R.i.4, Bg.vii.7
2. a fibre, कर्षति खण्डिताग्रात् सूत्रं मृणालादिव राजहंसी Vikr.i., K.S.i.40
3. a collection of threads
4. the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes, पाणौ कार्मुकमक्षसूत्रवलयं दंडोऽपरः पैप्पलः Mv.i., K.S.iii.46
5. the string or wire of a puppet
6. a short rule or precept
7. any work or manual containing such aphoristic rules, (e.g. आपस्तंबसूत्र, बौधायनसूत्र)
8. a short concise sentence used as a memorial rule
(it is thus defined- स्वल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः)
9. any rule, canon or decree (in law).
Bopp
Latin
सूत्र n. (r. सिव् correpto इव् in ऊ, s. त्र) filum.
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
सूत्र an. Oppert 4673.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
sūtra, nt. (also sūtrānta, q.v.),
(1) (= Pali sutta) discourse, as a type of Buddhist sacred text (pravacana), one of twelve, Mvy 〔1267〕, or nine, Dharmas 〔62〕
(2) also = sūtra-piṭaka, q.v. (= Pali sutta-piṭaka), the (collection of) discourses, one of the three grand divisions of the Buddhist canon: Mvy 〔1412〕
Divy 〔333.7〕
sūtravinayābhidharmeṇa Laṅk 〔290.8〕.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
sūtra (IA 20), a manual of religious rituals, etc.
(HRS), royal receipts collected by the superintendent of
weaving, as suggested by the Arthaśāstra.
(IE 3-1), same as śarayantraka
the string holding the
leaves of a manuscript together (Vāsavadatta, Hall's ed., p. 250).
Sūtra (PJS), abbreviation of Sūtradhāra, a mason.
Lanman
English
sū́tra, n.
—1. thread
cord
—2. brief
rule or book of such rules (so called, perhaps,
because each rule was a short ‘line’
or because the collection was a ‘string’ of
rules), cf. Whitney xvii. [√sīv, q. v.]
Kridanta Forms
Sanskrit
सूत्र (सू꣡त्र꣡ वेष्टने विमोचन इत्यन्ये - चुरादिः - सेट्)
ल्युट् = सूत्रणम्
अनीयर् = सूत्रणीयः - सूत्रणीया
ण्वुल् = सूत्रकः - सूत्रिका
तुमुँन् = सूत्रयितुम्
तव्य = सूत्रयितव्यः - सूत्रयितव्या
तृच् = सूत्रयिता - सूत्रयित्री
क्त्वा = सूत्रयित्वा
ल्यप् = प्रसूत्र्य
क्तवतुँ = सूत्रितवान् - सूत्रितवती
क्त = सूत्रितः - सूत्रिता
शतृँ = सूत्रयन् - सूत्रयन्ती
शानच् = सूत्रयमाणः - सूत्रयमाणा
धातुपाठः (Krishnacharya)
Sanskrit
धातुः:
 सूत्र्
मूलधातुः:
 सूत्र
धात्वर्थः:
 वेष्टने
गणः:
 चुरादिः
कर्मकत्वं:
 सकर्मकः
इट्त्वं:
 सेट्
उपग्रहः:
 उभयपदी
रूपम्:
 सूत्रयति-ते
अनुबन्धादिविशेषः:
 अदन्तः
Abhyankara Grammar
English
सूत्र a short pithy assertion laying down something in a scientific treatise
aphorism
the word is sometimes used in a collective sense in the singular, referring to the whole collection of Sutras or rules
cf. व्याकरणस्य सूत्रम् M. Bh. on Ahnika I. The term is defined as अाल्पाक्षरमसंदिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् | अस्तो- भमनवद्यं च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः. There are given generally six kinds of Sutras viz. संज्ञासूत्र, परिभाषासूत्र, विधिसूत्र, नियमसूत्र, प्रतिषेधसूत्र and अधिकारसूत्र
cf. also संज्ञा च परिभाषा च विधिर्नियम एव च प्रतिषेधोधि- कारश्च षड्विधम् सूत्रलक्षणम् | Com. on Kat. I. 1.2.
धातुप्रदीपः
Sanskrit
सूत्र वेष्टने
- सूत्रयति सूत्रयाञ्चकार असुसूत्रत् सोसूत्र्यते 351
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
सूत्र *m. स्त्रिन्ग्, Pūrṇabh. 39, 22 f.
सूत्र ein best. Baum, Divyāvad. 315, 20.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
skud pa
१) अनुलिम्पति २) कच ३) केश ४) ग्रन्थि ५) लोचना ६) सूत्र
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskrit
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परिकर्मसूत्रपूर्वानुयोगपूर्वगतचूलिकाः पञ्च ।
स्युर्दृष्टिवादभेदाः पूर्वाणि चतुर्दशापि पूर्वगते ॥ २४६ ॥
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परिकर्मन् (क्ली), सूत्र (क्ली), पूर्वानुयोग (पुं), पूर्वगत (पुं), चूलिकाः (स्त्रीब)
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सूत्रं सूचनकृद्भाष्यं सूत्रोक्तार्थप्रपञ्चकम् ।
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सूत्र (क्ली), भाष्य (क्ली)
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वाणिर्व्यूतिर्वानदण्डो वेमा सूत्राणि तन्तवः ॥ ९१३ ॥
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वाणि (स्त्री), व्यूति (स्त्री), वानदण्ड (पुं), वेमन् (पुंक्ली), सूत्र (क्ली), तन्तु (पुं)
पुराणम्
English
सूत्र / SŪTRA (vedasūtra). See under veda.
Vedic Reference
English
Sūtra has the sense of ‘thread’ in the Atharvaveda^1 and
later.^2 In the sense of a ‘book of rules’ for the guidance of
sacrificers and so forth, the word occurs in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka
Upaniṣad.^3
1) iii. 9, 3
xviii. 8, 37.
2) Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, iii. 2, 4, 14
vii. 3, 2, 13
xii. 3, 4, 2
7, 2, 10
Chāndogya Upaniṣad, vi. 8, 2
Nirukta,
iv. 6.
3) ii. 4, 10
iv. 1, 6 (Mādhyaṃdina =
iv. 1, 2 Kāṇva)
5, 11.
Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 5, 24, 25
Sieg, Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 21.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
सूत्र, त् क ग्रन्थने । इति कविकल्पद्रुमः ॥
(अदन्तचुरा०-पर०-सक०-सेट् ।) दीर्घी दन्त्यवर्गाद्य-मध्यः । वेष्टने इत्यन्ये । सूत्रयति सूत्रापयतिसूत्रेण हस्तं लोकः । इति दुर्गादासः ॥
सूत्रं,
क्ली,
 (सूत्र्यतेऽनेनेति । सूत्रत् क ग्रन्थने +णिच् + “एरच् ।” इत्यच् । यद्वा षिव्यु तन्तु-सन्ताने + “सिविमुच्योष्टेरू च ।” उणा० ४ ।१६२ । इति ष्ट्रन् । टेरू च ।) वस्त्रारम्भकम् ।सूता इति भाषा । तत्पर्य्यायः । तन्तुः २ ।इत्यमरजटाधरौ ॥
सूत्रतन्तुः ३ । इति भरत-धृतहारावली ॥
(यथा, रघुः । १ । ४ ।“अथवा कृतवाग्दारे वंशेऽस्मित् पूर्व्व-सूरिभिः ।मणौ वज्रसमुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गतिः ॥
”यज्ञसूत्रम् । यथा, महानिर्व्वाणे । १ । ४८ ।“ब्राह्मण्यचिह्नमेतावत् केवलं सूत्रधारणम् ॥
”)व्यवस्था । शास्त्रादिसूचनाग्रन्थः । इति मेदिनी ॥
सूत्रलक्षणं यथा, --“स्वल्पाक्षरमसन्दिग्धं सारवद्विश्वतोमुखम् ।अस्तोभमनवद्यञ्च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः ॥
”इति मुग्धबोधटीकायां दुर्गादासः ॥
(कारणम् । निमित्तम् । यथा, भागवते । ४ ।६ । ४३ ।त्वमेव धर्म्मार्थदुघाभिपत्तयेदक्षेण सूत्रेण ससर्ज्जिथाध्वरम् ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
सूत्र ग्रन्थने वेष्टने च अद०
चु०
उभ०
सक०
 सेट् । सूत्रयति तेअसुसूत्रत् त । बह्वच्कत्वात् न पोपदेशः ।
सूत्र
न०
 सूत्र--अच् । १ वस्त्रसाधने तन्तौ २ व्यवस्थायां ३ नाट-कोपकरणे प्रस्तावे “स्वल्पाक्षरमसन्दिग्धं सारवत् विश्व-तोमुखम् । अस्तोभमनवद्यञ्च सूत्रं सूत्रविदो विदुः”इत्युक्ते शास्त्रवाक्यभेदे च ।
क्षीरतरङ्गिणी
Sanskrit
सूत्र विमोचने
-(अर्थविवरणम्) विमोचनं मोचनाभावः, ग्रन्थनम्
सूत्रयति असुसूत्रत् 348
धातुवृत्तिः
Sanskrit
सूत्र (अर्थः) वेष्टने
अन्ये तु विमोचन इति पठन्तो विमोचनं मोचनाभाव इति, ग्रन्थनमित्यपरे ( सूत्रयति सोसूत्र्यते ) "सूचिसूत्रि'' इति यङ् 362
कृदन्तरूपमाला
Sanskrit
1 {@“सूत्र वेष्टने”@} 2 अदन्तः।
‘-- विमोचने’ इति केचित्।
विमोचनम् = मोचनाभावः।
ग्रन्थने इति परे।
सूत्रकः-त्रिका, सुसूत्रयिषकः-षिका
3 सोसूत्रकः-त्रिका
सूत्रयिता-त्री, सुसूत्रयिषिता-त्री, सोसूत्रिता-त्री
इत्यादीनि सर्वाण्यपि रूपाणि चौरादिक- कत्रयतिवत् 4 ज्ञेयानि।
प्रासङ्गिक्यः
01
=>
 (१९१०)
02
=>
 (१०-चुरादिः-१९०८। सक। सेट्। आत्म।)
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Capeller
German
सू॑त्र
n.
 Faden, Schnur, Messchnur, Faser,
Linie, kurze Regel, Lehrsatz o. Lehrbuch.
Burnouf
French
सूत्र सूत्र
n.
 (सिव्
sfx. त्र) fil
cordon
sacré des 3 premières castes.
Sentences renfermant les règles
fondamentales de la science, depuis la grammaire jusqu'à la
philosophie [il y a des sūtras védiques, brâhmaniques et
buddhiques].
Les livres attribués à Śākyamuni ou à des
écrivains sacrés, Bd.
सूत्रकण्ठ
m.
 brâhmane.
Pigeon
hochequeue.
सूत्रकोण
m.
 petit tambour en forme de sablier, que l'on
frappe avec un bouton attaché à une corde.
सूत्रगण्डिका
f.
 bâton de tisserand.
सूत्रतर्कुटी
f.
 quenouille, fuseau.
सूत्रतन्तु
m.
 fil.
सूत्रधार
m.
 (धृ) machiniste
directeur de
théâtre, chef de la troupe.
Indra.
सूत्रपुष्प
m.
 cotonnier.
सूत्रभिद्
m.
 tailleur.
सूत्रमध्यभू
m.
 encens.
सूत्रयन्त्र
n.
 navette ou métier de tisserand.
सूत्रला
f.
 (sfx. ल) quenouille, fuseau.
सूत्रवीणा
f.
 sorte de luth.
सूत्रवेष्टन
n.
 navette de tisserand.
सूत्रान्त
m.
 (अन्त) sūtras buddhiques du Népâl.
सूत्राली
f.
 collier.
सूत्रिन्
f.
 corneille.
Stchoupak
French
सूत्र-
nt. corde, cordon, fil
cordeau
cordon sacré (porté en
particulier par les Brâhmanes)
ceinture
fibre
ligne, trait
règle,
plan
not. règle exprimée en brefs aphorismes, et
n.
 générique de traités
(de philos., de gramm. , etc.) consistant en séries de ces règles
not.
n.
générique des traités de rituel védique (Śrauta- Gṛhya- et DharmaSūtra)
traité original (opp. aux commentaires)
n.
 d'un principe issu des 3 Guṇa
-क- cordon.
°कर्तृ-
m.
 auteur d'un Sūtra.
°कर्मन्- nt. architecture.
°कार-
m.
 charpentier
= °कर्तृ-।
°जाल- nt. réseau de cordes.
°दरिद्रता-
f.
 pauvreté en fils, usure (d'un vêtement).
°धर- a. ifc. qui porte une corde de.
°धार-
m.
 architecte
charpentier
directeur de scène (acteur
essentiel du Prologue)
var. pour {%-°kartṛ-
-ī- %}
f.
 femme du directeur de
scène.
°पात-
m.
 dans -अं कृ- ou चर्- appliquer le cordeau, mesurer.
°प्रोत- a. v. attaché par des fils.
°यन्त्र- nt. = °जाल-।
°विक्रयिन्-
m.
 vendeur de cordes.
सूत्रालंकार-
m.
n.
 d'un ouvrage attribué à Aśvaghoṣa.