sUtraM [ sUtr-ac ] 1 A thread, string, line, cord; puzpamAlAnuzaMgeRa sUtraM Sirasi DAryate Subhāṣ. ; maRO vajrasamutkIrRe sUtrasyevAsti me gAtiH R. 1. 4. 2 A fibre; surAMganA karzati KaMqitAgrAtsUtraM mfRAlAdiva rAjahaMsI V. 1. 18 , Ku. 1. 40. 3 A wire. 4 A collection of threads. 5 The sacred thread or sacrificial cord worn by members of the first three classes; SiKAsUtravAn brAhmaRaH Tarka K. 6 The string or wire of a puppet. 7 A short rule or precept, an aphorism. 8 A short or concise technical sentence used as a memorial rule; it is thus defined: - svalpAkzaramasaMdigDaM sAravadviSvatomuKam . astoBamanavadyaM ca sUtraM sUtravido viduH . 9 Any work or manual containing such aphoristic rules; e. g. mAnavakalpasUtra , ApastaMbasUtra, gfhyasUtra &c. 10 A rule, canon, decree (in law). Comp. — Atman a. having the nature of a string or thread. ( — m. ) the soul. — AlI a string of beads &c. worn round the neck, a necklace. — kaMWaH 1 a Brāhmaṇa. 2 a pigeon, dove. 3 a wag-tail. — karman n. carpentry. — kAraH, -kft m. an author or composer of Sūtras. — koRaH, koRakaH a small drum shaped like an hourglass ( qamaru ). — gaMqikA a kind of stick used by weavers in spinning threads. — caraRaM N. of a class of charanas or Vedic schools which introduced various Sūtra works. — taMtuH a thread, string. — tarkuwI a distaff, spindle. — daridra a. ‘poor in threads’, having a small number of threads, thread-bare; ayaM pawaH sUtradaridratAM gataH Mk. 2. 9. — DaraH, -DAraH 1 ‘the ( pb ) thread-holder’, a stage-manager, the principal actor who arranges the cast of characters and instructs them, and takes a prominent part in the Prastāvanā or prelude; he is thus defined. - nAwyasya yadanuzWAnaM tatsUtraM syAtsabIjakam . raMgadEvatapUjAkft sUtraDAra iti smftaH .. . 2 a carpenter, an artisan. 3 the author of a set of aphorisms. 4 an epithet of Indra. — piwakaH N. of one of the three collections of Buddhistic writings. — puzpaH the cotton plant. — Bid m. a tailor. — Bft m. = sUtraDAra q. v. — yaMtraM 1 ‘a thread machine’, shuttle. 2 a weaver's loom. — vIRA a kind of lute. — vezwanaM a weaver's shuttle.