Sutra

Word SUTRA
Character 5
Hyphenation ‖Su tra
Pronunciations /ˈsuːtɹə/

Definitions and meanings of "Sutra"

What do we mean by sutra?

Any of various aphoristic doctrinal summaries produced for memorization generally between 500 and 200 BC and later incorporated into Hindu literature. noun

A scriptural narrative, especially a text traditionally regarded as a discourse of the Buddha. noun

In Sanskrit lit., a body of rules or precepts. ; ; noun

A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule. noun

A collection of such aphorisms. noun

A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. noun

A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy. noun

A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha. noun

A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization noun

A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.

A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.

The messenger is fucking broken what else do I have to say. Urban Dictionary

To get what you give sexually. Urban Dictionary

A corruption of the term 'kama sutra', used almost exclusively by morons. Urban Dictionary

A book written well over a Millenia ago in India for male citizens on how to please and how to be pleasured (of course, women weren't educated enough to read). As well as acrobatic and sculptural positions, there includes advice for massage, fellatio, cunnilingus, kissing, touching and penis/vaginal compatability. Many uneducated and uncultured people nowadays see it only as the source to find "wild" positions for sex. Urban Dictionary

A word used to summarize the group of Urbandictionary definitions that are based on sex positions/techniques. Urban Dictionary

A book of sex techniques that makes sex better for both people, or even just yourself Urban Dictionary

Having crazy awesome sex as repayment for being a generous lover in the past. Urban Dictionary

The ancient dutch book on the art of erotic barnyard love Urban Dictionary

A book containting numerous sexual positions originating in India and the surrounding areas. A good Kama Sutra is essential to the "better lover's" library. This will spice up your sex life, no doubt. Urban Dictionary

It is a book of Sexual Postions which has been made into movies. It has almost every postion imaginable. The perfect book for any Player/ PIMP. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sutra

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The word "sutra" in example sentences

The Sanskrit word sutra means a theme of practice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Red Pine aptly calls the sutra "Buddhism in a nutshell," and "a work of art as much as religion." ❋ Unknown (2008)

In basic terms, a sutra is a narrative text generally regarded as a discourse of the Buddha. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So built into the translation process was a kind of orality that would be uncommon to most formal written Chinese, but that would be part of both the Indian philosophical tradition since a sutra is a lecture and the informal tradition of philosophical discussion and poetry-writing that was an important part of the social lives of Chinese intellectuals. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In tantra guru-yoga, disciples need to see their mentors as Buddhas on all three levels - shravaka sutra, bodhisattva sutra, and highest tantra. ❋ Unknown (2000)

-- Apropos of the magical use of the text, as described in this story, it is worth remarking that the subject of the sutra is the Doctrine of the Emptiness of Forms, -- that is to say, of the unreal character of all phenomena or noumena ... ❋ Lafcadio Hearn (1877)

The second wheel of Dharma teaches us the perfection of wisdom sutra, which is a profound saying paying homage to the holy Perfection of Wisdom! ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term "sutra" refers to literary fragments that have descended from the Buddha. ❋ Stuart Isacoff (2010)

Indeed, in one particular 'sutra' the Buddha contemns such a belief as deleterious to the development of man's spiritual understanding. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The word "sutra" means "thread" in Sanskrit but came to designate any pithy statement; the Diamond Sutra -- more accurately, the Diamond-Cutter Sutra -- was so called because the sharp facets of its aphorisms slice through the illusions of both mind and senses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Northern Buddhism, as so lavishly represented, for example, in that great sutra which is the book, _par excellence_, of Japanese Buddhism, the Saddharma Pundarika. ❋ William Elliot Griffis (1885)

(His Mountains and Rivers Without End, which he calls "a kind of sutra," spans four decades of poetic and Buddhist practice.) ❋ Wen Stephenson (2010)

経行 is composed of the kanji for "sutra" or "to pass through" combined with the kanji for "go" our carry out. ❋ Mumon (2005)

"sutra" denotes literally "threads," and is used by Brahmanic writers for short, dry sentences, brief expositions. ❋ Various (1909)

Then who knows why, boredom maybe, or some need of validation, or because you think you are falling in love with your friend's husband, you give in to your attraction and engage in the plotting to get him and lure him sexually for kama sutra in the woods and leave Karma in the dust. ❋ Sally Fay (2011)

He is abnormally generous, and it's his sutra, his mantra, his practice to anticipate other people's needs and to give them what he thinks they require. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are two distinct versions of the Mahaparinirvana sutra, a fundamental text whose subject is the final days and sayings of the Buddha's life. ❋ John Stanley (2012)

The citation above is from the Mahayana Buddhist sutra first two centuries CE that offers a quite different view of human self. ❋ John Stanley (2012)

He essentially argues that first amendment protection for corporations fits with original intent, and it's rather amusing to watch him do some seriously kama sutra-esque contortion to make that decidedly modern argument fit his olde world legal philosophy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sutra means [that text] won't show up in [messenger]. Example: if you type 'Sutra ću ti [ga] stavit' the message will be invisible. ❋ Thorvaldr (2018)

[Ay girl], I practice the art of the [karma sutra]. *[wink]* ❋ Joemammy (2016)

Dude: "I've [read] the [Karma Sutra], baby." Chick: "[Apparently] not." ❋ Sunshynegrll (2010)

I recieved a [copy] of the Kama Sutra [in pocket] book form.... [I'm in] for some good lovin' tonight. ❋ Sablenemesis (2006)

Person 1: Dude! I just gave my girlfriend a "[Switchfoot] [Alaskan FireDragon] to an inverted 180 Dirty Sanchez"! Person 2: You have got to stop reading the Urban [Sutra]. ❋ Cerealbox (2009)

the [Kama Sutra] [taught] me this GREAT move i love to do now- [ha]! guys just... dont know what hit them!!! ❋ Miranda ^_^ (2005)

“Dude my chick threw the craziest sex at [me I] have ever had.” “It’s [Karma Sutra] baby. Do [good things] and good things happen.” ❋ Alibaster Slim (2012)

[jennings] reads this [every day] ❋ Masterofrpg (2004)

After months of [boring sex], [my woman] bought me the Kama Sutra. This [sex book] has been passed down from generation to generation promising improved sex. Trust me, this book doesn't let down! I think my last hooker read the whole thing! ❋ Magistrate (2006)

The Kama Sutra [will] [sooth] [any bitch]. ❋ The All Knowing Azn (2004)

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