sUtra
sūtra , nt. (also sūtrānta , q.v. ), ( 1 ) (= Pali sutta) discourse , as a type of Buddhist sacred text ( pravacana ), one of twelve, Mvy 1267 , or nine, Dharmas 62 ; ( 2 ) also = sūtra-piṭaka , q.v. (= Pali sutta-piṭaka), the (collection of) discourses , one of the three grand divisions of the Buddhist canon: Mvy 1412 ; Divy 333.7 ; sūtravinayābhidharmeṇa Laṅk 290.8 .