Sanskrit-Lexikon

sūtra (n)

a fibre
a girdle
a kind of tree
a line
a measuring line
a short sentence or aphoristic rule
a sketch
a thread
any work or manual consisting of strings of such rules hanging together like threads
cord
direction
line
plan
rule
string
stroke
that which like a thread runs through or holds together everything
the sacred thread or cord worn by the first three classes
wire
yarn