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sutra

  (sū'trə) pronunciation
n.
  1. Hinduism. Any of various aphoristic doctrinal summaries produced for memorization generally between 500 and 200 B.C. and later incorporated into Hindu literature.
  2. also sut·ta (sʊt'ə) Buddhism. A scriptural narrative, especially a text traditionally regarded as a discourse of the Buddha.

[Sanskrit sūtram, thread, sutra.]


 
 
Artist: Sutra
  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Representative Album: "Free"

Biography

Spanish heavy metal band Sutra got involved in Zaragoza's scene when the group made its live debut at a local bar on December 5, 1992. In June of 1994, the five-piece act released its first EP called Vientos de Guerra, produced by Juan Miguel Sánchez. After original member José Aisa left the band, guitarist David Vela joined in. Sutra's first album called Nuevos Tiempos was recorded in 1997 and presented live at Zaragoza's Sala Z in October of 1998, followed by 2000's Whiskey, Hielo y Sin Rock & Roll. That same year José Lasala became Sutra's new guitarist. ~ Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide

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Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, AC/DC
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: sutra

In Hinduism, a brief aphoristic composition; in Buddhism, a more extended exposition of a subject and the basic form of the scripture of both Theravada and Mahayana traditions. Since the early Indian philosophers did not work with written texts at all, and later philosophers often disdained them, there was a need for very brief explanatory works that could be committed to memory. The earliest sutras were expositions of ritual procedures, but their use spread, and eventually nearly all Indian philosophical systems had their own sutras. See also Avatamsaka-sutra, Diamond Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Tripitaka.

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Buddhism Dictionary: sūtra

(Skt; Pāli, sutta, a thread). A discourse of the Buddha. In the Pāli Canon these texts are grouped together in the second of the three ‘baskets’ (piṭaka) or divisions of the teachings, namely the Sūtra Piṭaka. This in turn is divided into five collections known as Nikāyas (Āgamas in Sanskrit), in which the suttas are grouped in order of length. These early discourses are all attributed to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The Mahāyāna canonical collection of sūtras is more extensive and includes many lengthy independent works. While the historical Buddha is plainly not the author of these works, they are regarded by followers of the Mahāyānas as of no less, and perhaps greater importance, than the earlier texts. Many, such as the Lotus Sūtra and the Laṇkāvatāra Sūtra, became the foundational scriptures of new schools of Buddhism. The tradition of composing sūtras continued for many centuries during the medieval period. Most of these were composed in Sanskrit but many now survive only in Tibetan or Chinese translation. Sometimes independent works were amalgamated into more extensive ones known as vaipūlya sūtras.

 
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Sūtra (Sanskrit, Devanagari सूत्र) or Sutta (Pāli), literally means a rope or thread that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. It is derived from the verbal root siv-, meaning to sew (these words, including Latin suere and English to sew, all derive from PIE *syū-). In Hinduism the 'sutras' form a school of Vedic study, related to and somewhat later than the Upanishads. They served and continue to act as grand treatises on various schools of Hindu Philosophy. They elaborate in succinct verse, sometimes esoteric, Hindu views of metaphysics, cosmogony, the human condition, moksha (liberation), and how to maintain a blissful, dharmic life, in a cosmic spin of karma, reincarnation and desire.

In Buddhism, the term "sutra" refers generally to canonical scriptures that are regarded as records of the oral teachings of Gautama Buddha. In Chinese, these are known as 經 (pinyin: jīng). These teachings are assembled in the second part of the Tripitaka which is called Sutra Pitaka. There are also some Buddhist texts, such as the Platform Sutra, that are called sutras despite being attributed to much later authors. Some scholars consider that the Buddhist use of sutra is a mis-Sanskritization of sutta, and that the latter represented Sanskrit sūkta (well spoken).

The Pali form of the word, sutta is used exclusively to refer to Buddhist scriptures, particularly those of the Pali Canon.

List

Below are some sutras listed under the broad categories of Hinduism, Buddhism and Other.

Sutras primarily associated with Hinduism


Vedanga

Hindu philosophy


Sutras primarily associated with Buddhism

See: Buddhist texts

Other Sutras

Associated with Christianity

See also


References

  • Monier-Williams, Monier. (1899) A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Delhi:Motilal Banarsidass. p. 1241

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