Sutra

Definition:

(n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
(n.) A collection of such aphorisms.
(n.) 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.

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