Christopher Columbus's secret love letters to Queen Isabella - undiscovered for centuries - have been rumored to rival, if not surpass, the Kama Sutra.
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Sutra
//ˈsuːtɹə//
Synonyms for "sutra" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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5 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 23 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- সূত্র noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Burmese
2 entries- သုတ္တန် noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- သုတ် noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
French
2 entries- soutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
German
2 entries- Sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- Sutra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Hindi
4 entries- सूत noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- सूत noun (a scriptural narrative)
- सूत्र noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- सूत्र noun (a scriptural narrative)
Hungarian
2 entries- szútra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- szútra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Irish
2 entries- sútra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sútra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Japanese
3 entries- スートラ noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- 経典 noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- 経典 noun (a scriptural narrative)
Korean
1 entries- 수트라 noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Lao
1 entries- ສູດ noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Malay
2 entries- sutera noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sutera noun (a scriptural narrative)
Malayalam
2 entries- സൂത്രം noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- സൂത്രം noun (a scriptural narrative)
Marathi
2 entries- सूत्र noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- सूत्र noun (a scriptural narrative)
Mongolian
1 entries- судар noun (a scriptural narrative)
Norwegian
2 entries- sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sutra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Polish
2 entries- sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sutra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Portuguese
2 entries- sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- sutra noun (a scriptural narrative)
Russian
2 entries- су́тра noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- су́тта noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सूत्र noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Swedish
1 entries- sutra noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Thai
1 entries- สูตร noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Tuvan
1 entries- судур noun (a scriptural narrative)
Vietnamese
4 entries- khế kinh noun (a scriptural narrative)
- kinh noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
- kinh noun (a scriptural narrative)
- kinh Phật noun (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Buddhist Holy scripture or Hindu law or philosophy)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
First of all, memorise the sutra.
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The rubber sutra neti strings I ordered from India have finally arrived.
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Shepard: This Code of the Justicar seems central to your life. Samara: It is five thousand sutras, and covers every situation one can encounter. I have memorized every word. There is only the Code.
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