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suttā

sutta

nt nom pl of sutta (noun); nt instr sg of sutta (noun); nt abl sg of sutta (noun); nt voc sg of sutta (noun); …

1. sleeping; asleep; lit. slept
2. lying down; sleeping; lit. slept
3. lying down; sleeping; lit. slept
4. scripture; discourse; sacred text; lit. thread
5. (vinaya) rule; regulation; precept
6. thread; string
7. (gram) grammatical rule

Etymology. √sup + ta; from √sup 'lie down, sleep'; Sanskrit supta [svap]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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