Sutta¹

asleep Vin.iii.117; Vin.v.205; DN.i.70; DN.ii.130; Dhp.47; Iti.41; Ja.v.328
■ (nt.) sleep DN.ii.95; MN.i.448; SN.iv.169. In phrase --pabuddha “awakened from sleep” referring to the awakening (entrance) in the deva-world, e.g. Vism.314 (brahmalokaṃ uppajjati) Dhp-a.i.28 (kanaka-vimāne nibbatti); Dhp-a.iii.7 (id.); cp SN.i.143.

pp. of supati

Sutta²

neuter

1. a thread, string DN.i.76; DN.ii.13; Vin.ii.150; Pv.ii.11#1 (= kappāsiyā sutta Pv-a.146); Ja.i.52
   ■ fig. for taṇhā at Dhs.1059; Dhs-a.364
   ■ kāḷa˚; a carpenter’s measuring line Ja.ii.405; Mil.413; dīgha˚; with long thread Ja.v.389; makkaṭa˚ spider’s thread Vism.136; yantā˚; string of a machine Vb-a.241
   ■ Mentioned with kappāsa as barter for cīvara at Vin.iii.216.
2. the (discursive, narrational part of the Buddhist Scriptures containing the suttas or dialogues, later called Sutta-piṭaka (cp. Suttanta) As such complementary to the Vinaya. The fanciful explⁿ of the word at Dhs-a.19 is: “atthānaṃ sūcanto suvuttato savanato ’tha sūdanato suttāṇā-sutta-sabhāgato ca suttaṃ Suttan ti akkhātaṃ.”-DN.ii.124; Vin.ii.97; Vb-a.130 (+ vinaya); Snp-a.159, Snp-a.310 (compared with Vinaya & Abhidhamma).
3. one of the divisions of the Scriptures (see; navanga) AN.ii.103, AN.ii.178; AN.iii.177 AN.iii.361 sq.; Mil.263.
4. a rule, a clause (of the Pātimokkha) Vin.i.65, Vin.i.68; Vin.ii.68, Vin.ii.95; Vin.iii.327.
5. a chapter division, dialogue (of a Buddh. text), text, discourse (see also suttanta) SN.iii.221 (pl. suttā), SN.iii.253; SN.v.46; Ne.118; Dhs-a.28. suttaso chapter by chapter AN.v.72, AN.v.81 suttato according to the suttas Vism.562 = Vb-a.173
6. an ancient verse, quotation Ja.i.288, Ja.i.307, Ja.i.314.
7. book of rules, lore, text book Ja.i.194 (go˚ lore of cows); Ja.ii.46 (hatthi˚ elephant trainer’s handbook).

• -anta 1 a chapter of the Scriptures, a text, a discourse a sutta, dialogue Vin.i.140 sq., Vin.i.169; Vin.ii.75, Vin.iii.159; Vin.iv.344; AN.i.60, AN.i.69, AN.i.72; AN.ii.147; SN.ii.267 = AN.iii.107 (suttantā kavi-katā kāveyyā citt’akkharā cittavyañjanā bāhirakā sāvaka-bhāsitā); Vism.246 sq. (three suttantas helpful for kāyagatā sati). 2 the Suttantapiṭaka, opp. to the Vinaya Vism.272 (˚aṭṭhakathā opp to Vinay’aṭṭhakathā). As -piṭaka e.g. at Kp-a.12 Vb-a.431. See Proper Names.
• -kantikā (scil. itthi a woman spinner Pv-a.75; As -kantī at Ja.ii.79.
• -kāra a cotton-spinner Mil.331.
• -guḷa a ball of string DN.i.54; MN.iii.95; Pv.iv.3#29; Pv-a.145.
• -jāla a web of thread, a spider’s web Cnd.260.
• -bhikkhā begging for thread Pv-a.145.
• -maya made of threads, i.e. a net Snp-a.115 Snp-a.263.
• -rajjuka a string of threads Vism.253; Vb-a.236
• -lūkha roughly sewn together Vin.i.287, Vin.i.297.
• -vāda a division of the Sabbatthavādins Dpvs.5, Dpvs.48; Mhvs.5, Mhvs.6 Mhbv.97.
• -vibhaṅga classification of rules Vin.ii.97 Also title of a portion of the Vinaya Piṭaka.

Vedic sūtra, fr. sīv to sew