sūtra
From Buddha-Nature
Sanskrit Noun
sūtra
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Basic Meaning
Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon.
| Term Variations | |
|---|---|
| Key Term | sūtra |
| Topic Variation | sūtra |
| Tibetan | {{#arraymap: མདོ།
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| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | {{#arraymap:mdo
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| Devanagari Sanskrit | सूत्र |
| Romanized Sanskrit | sūtra |
| Chinese | {{#arraymap:佛经|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Chinese Pinyin | {{#arraymap:fújīng|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | {{#arraymap:scripture,discourse|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | {{#arraymap:discourse|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | {{#arraymap:discourse,scripture|,|@@@|@@@|, }} |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon. |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Definitions | |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia:Sutra |
