सूत्र

See also: सत्र, स्तर, स्त्र, सितारा, स्त्री, संतरा, and सितार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra). Doublet of सूत (sūt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːt̪ɾ/

Noun

सूत्र • (sūtra) m

1. thread, yarn, string
2. a source, reference; text
3. (Hinduism) sutra: a rule
4. (mathematics) formula

   प्रारंभिक सूत्र ― prārambhik sūtra ― basic formulae

5. (chemistry) formula

   Synonyms: रसायनिक सूत्र (rasāyanik sūtra)

Declension

Declension of सूत्र
	Singular	Plural
Direct	सूत्र (sūtra)	सूत्र (sūtra)
Oblique	सूत्र (sūtra)	सूत्रों (sūtrõ)
Vocative	सूत्र (sūtra)	सूत्रो (sūtro)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सूत्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *súh₁-trom, from *syuh₁- (“to sew”). Synchronically derivable from the root सिव् (siv, “to sew”), and connected with सूचि (sūci) and सूना (sūnā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uːt̪.ɽɐ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪úːt̪.ɽɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uːt̪.ɽɐ/

Noun

सूत्र • (sū́tra) n

1. thread, yarn, string, line, cord, wire
2. a measuring line

   सूत्रपात (sū́tra-pāta) — applying the measuring line

3. the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes (compare यज्ञोपवीत (yajño-pavīta))
4. a girdle
5. a fibre
6. a line, stroke
7. a sketch, plan
8. that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything, rule, direction
9. 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
10. a kind of tree

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सूत्र (sū́tra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूत्रम् sū́tram	सूत्रे sū́tre	सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹
Vocative	सूत्र sū́tra	सूत्रे sū́tre	सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹
Accusative	सूत्रम् sū́tram	सूत्रे sū́tre	सूत्राणि / सूत्रा¹ sū́trāṇi / sū́trā¹
Instrumental	सूत्रेण sū́treṇa	सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām	सूत्रैः / सूत्रेभिः¹ sū́traiḥ / sū́trebhiḥ¹
Dative	सूत्राय sū́trāya	सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām	सूत्रेभ्यः sū́trebhyaḥ
Ablative	सूत्रात् sū́trāt	सूत्राभ्याम् sū́trābhyām	सूत्रेभ्यः sū́trebhyaḥ
Genitive	सूत्रस्य sū́trasya	सूत्रयोः sū́trayoḥ	सूत्राणाम् sū́trāṇām
Locative	सूत्रे sū́tre	सूत्रयोः sū́trayoḥ	सूत्रेषु sū́treṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: সূত (xut), সূতা (xuta)

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