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Changed: 3c3
The word Sutra derives from the Sanskrit word for 'string'. The Prakrit/Pali? form of the word is sutta.
The word sutra derives from the Sanskrit word for 'string'. The Prakrit/Pali? form of the word is sutta.

Changed: 5c5
In Buddhism originally it was used for the written oral teaching of Buddha Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. These teachings are mainly assembled in the second part of the Tripitaka which is called 'suttapitaka?' or pitaka sutra. Nowadays very often 'sutra' is taken in Buddhism in Japan and China for all kinds of Buddhist scriptures.
In Buddhism originally it was used for the written oral teaching of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. These teachings are mainly assembled in the second part of the Tripitaka which is called 'suttapitaka?' or pitaka sutra. Nowadays very often 'sutra' is taken in Buddhism in Japan and China for all kinds of Buddhist scriptures.

Changed: 7c7
In Hinduism the 'sutra' are concise descriptions of the Brahmanas, the holy scriptures.
In Hinduism the 'sutra' are concise descriptions of the Brahmanas?, the holy scriptures.

Removed: 12d11
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Sutra is a word translatable into English as "book" (the name of the famous [Kama Sutra]? translates as "The Book of Pleasure") and is generally used for scriptures of Buddhism or other Indian religions.

The word sutra derives from the Sanskrit word for 'string'. The Prakrit/Pali? form of the word is sutta.

In Buddhism originally it was used for the written oral teaching of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. These teachings are mainly assembled in the second part of the Tripitaka which is called 'suttapitaka?' or pitaka sutra. Nowadays very often 'sutra' is taken in Buddhism in Japan and China for all kinds of Buddhist scriptures.

In Hinduism the 'sutra' are concise descriptions of the Brahmanas?, the holy scriptures.


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