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सूत्र
सूत्र
Sanskrit
Noun
सूत्र • (sū́tra) n
- thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire
- a measuring line
- सूत्रपात (sū́tra-pāta) — applying the measuring line
- the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (compare यज्ञोपवीत (yajño-pavīta))
- a girdle
- a fibre
- a line, stroke
- a sketch, plan
- that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction
- a short sentence or aphoristic rule, and any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules; hanging together like threads; or, alternatively, written on palm leaves which are strung together sutra
- a kind of tree
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of सूत्र | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | सूत्रम् (sūtram) | ||
| Gen. sg. | सूत्रस्य (sūtrasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सूत्रम् (sūtram) | सूत्रे (sūtre) | सूत्राणि (sūtrāṇi) |
| Vocative | सूत्र (sūtra) | सूत्रे (sūtre) | सूत्राणि (sūtrāṇi) |
| Accusative | सूत्रम् (sūtram) | सूत्रे (sūtre) | सूत्राणि (sūtrāṇi) |
| Instrumental | सूत्रेण (sūtreṇa) | सूत्राभ्याम् (sūtrābhyām) | सूत्रैः (sūtraiḥ) |
| Dative | सूत्रा (sūtrā) | सूत्राभ्याम् (sūtrābhyām) | सूत्रेभ्यः (sūtrebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | सूत्रात् (sūtrāt) | सूत्राभ्याम् (sūtrābhyām) | सूत्रेभ्यः (sūtrebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | सूत्रस्य (sūtrasya) | सूत्रयोः (sūtrayoḥ) | सूत्राणाम् (sūtrāṇām) |
| Locative | सूत्रे (sūtre) | सूत्रयोः (sūtrayoḥ) | सूत्रेषु (sūtreṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1241