sutra

• Head down, the woman moved resolutely, a posture the store's employees usually identified with someone intent on finding the Kama-sutra or a book with orgasm in the title. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
• They were chanting a sutra, in Sanskrit perhaps, Bai thought, and he joined in softly with the "Lengyan jing", in Chinese. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
• She translated a few paragraphs—the sutra was fairly brief-—while she hit a small wooden hand drum to provide proper punctuation. —  The Hollow-eyed Angel - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 13
• As the sutra is outlined further the bodhisattva dominates the stage. —  The Hollow-eyed Angel - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 13
• 170 10] A collection of rules for sacrifices and other rites, coming between the Vedas and the law-books, and dated by Max Müller between 600-200 B.C 11] Wilson, Indian Caste_, p. 182 12] Wilson, p. 184, quoting from Shrauta-sutra of Katyayana, 1. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)

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