سوتر

सूऽ sūtra, vulg. sūtr, and also सूतरsūtar, s.m. Thread, etc. (=sūt, q.v.); a collection of threads; a short rule or precept, axiom, aphorism (in morals, religion, or science); (in law) an opinion or decree;—origin:—sūtra-dhār (f. -ī), sūtra-dhārak (f. -ikā), sūtra-dhārī(f. -inī), sūtra-dhar (f. -ā), s.m. lit. 'Thread-holder,' a stage-manager, a directoror principal actor who arranges the plot of a drama and takes a leading part in the prelude; one who (in a puppet-show) causes wooden dolls to dance;—a carpenter; the author of a set of rules or aphorisms;—an epithet of Indra; and of the Deity:—sūtra-kār or sūtra-kartā, s.m. The author or composer of sūtras, an author of any work containing rules or aphorisms.