sutra
- n a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
- Many Hindu women were forced to give up the gold and black mangal sutra necklaces that they wear as a symbol of marriage.
- At Shiao Lin, he put his palms together in prayer while a monk next to him recited a Buddhist sutra.
- They break the bangles of a widow when her husband dies, and remove from her neck the mangal sutra (auspicious thread) of black beads that a Hindu wife wears while her husband is .