- a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- any of the sermons of Buddha.
- one of the approximately 4000 rules or aphorisms that constitute Panini's grammar of Sanskrit.
- Sanskrit sayings or collections of sayings on Vedic doctrine dating from about 200 ad onwards
- (modifier) Hinduism
- of or relating to the last of the Vedic literary periods, from about 500 to 100 bc
- of or relating to the sutras or compilations of sutras of about 200 ad onwards
- collections of dialogues and discourses of classic Mahayana Buddhism dating from the 2nd to the 6th centuries a.d
