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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 su·tra /ˈsutrə/
 佛經,經典
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Su·tra n.; pl. Sutras
 1. (a) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule. (b) A collection of such aphorisms.
 2. pl. 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.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 sutra
      n : a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of
          aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization