The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sutta1 [pp. of supati] asleep Vin iii.117; v.205; D i.70; ii.130; Dh 47; It 41; J v.328. -- (nt.) sleep D ii.95; M
i.448; S iv.169. In phrase ˚ -- pabuddha "awakened from sleep" referring to the awakening (entrance) in the
deva -- world, e. g. Vism 314 (brahmaloka' uppajjati); DhA i.28 (kanaka -- vim!ne nibbatti); iii.7 (id.); cp.
S i.143.
Sutta
Sutta2 (nt.) [Vedic s(tra, fr. s"v to sew] 1. a thread, string D i.76; ii.13; Vin ii.150; Pv ii.111 (=kapp!siy!
sutta PvA 146); J i.52. -- fig. for ta*h! at Dhs 1059; DhsA 364. -- k!)a˚ a carpenter's measuring line J
ii.405; Miln 413; d"gha˚ with long thread J v.389; makka&a˚ spider's thread Vism 136; yant!˚ string of a
machine VbhA 241. -- Mentioned with kapp!sa as barter for c"vara at Vin iii.216. -- 2. the (discursive,
narrational) part of the Buddhist Scriptures containing the suttas or dialogues, later called Sutta -- pi&aka
(cp. Suttanta). As such complementary to the Vinaya. The fanciful expln of the word at DhsA 19 is:
"atth!na' s(canto suvuttato savanato 'tha s(danato sutt!*! -- sutta -- sabh!gato ca sutta' Suttan ti
akkh!ta'." -- D ii.124; Vin ii.97; VbhA 130 (+vinaya); SnA 159, 310 (compared with Vinaya &
Abhidhamma). -- 3. one of the divisions of the Scriptures (see navanga) A ii.103, 178; iii.177, 361 sq.; Miln
263. -- 4. a rule, a clause (of the P!timokkha) Vin i.65, 68; ii.68, 95; iii.327. -- 5. a chapter, division,
dialogue (of a Buddh. text), text, discourse (see also suttanta) S iii.221 (pl. sutt!), 253; v.46; Nett 118;
DhsA 28. suttaso chapter by chapter A v.72, 81; suttato according to the suttas Vism 562=VbhA 173. -- 6.
an ancient verse, quotation J i.288, 307, 314. 7. book of rules, lore, text book J i.194 (go˚ lore of cows);
ii.46 (hatthi˚ elephant trainer's handbook). -- anta 1. a chapter of the Scriptures, a text, a discourse, a sutta,
dialogue Vin i.140 sq., 169; ii.75; iii.159; iv.344; A i.60, 69, 72; ii.147; S ii.267=A iii.107 (suttant! kavi --
kat! k!veyy! citt'akkhar! cittavyañjan! b!hirak! s!vaka -- bh!sit!); Vism 246 sq. (three suttantas helpful
for k!yagat! sati). -- 2. the Suttantapi&aka, opp. to the Vinaya Vism 272 (˚a&&hakath! opp. to
Vinay'a&&hakath!). As ˚pi&aka e. g. at KhA 12; VbhA 431. See Proper Names. -- kantik! (scil. itthi) a
woman spinner PvA 75; as ˚kant" at J ii.79. -- k!ra a cotton -- spinner Miln 331. -- gu)a a ball of string D
i.54; M iii.95; Pv iv.329; PvA 145. -- j!la a web of thread, a spider's web Nd2 260. -- bhikkh! begging for
thread PvA 145. -- maya made of threads, i. e. a net SnA 115, 263. -- rajjuka a string of threads Vism 253;
VbhA 236. -- l(kha roughly sewn together Vin i.287, 297. -- v!da a division of the Sabbatthav!dins Dpvs
5, 48; Mhvs 5, 6; Mhbv 97. -- vibhanga classification of rules Vin ii.97. Also title of a portion of the
Vinaya Pi&aka.
Suttaka
Suttaka (nt.) [fr. sutta] a string Vin ii.271; PvA 145; a string of jewels or beads Vin ii.106; iii.48; DhsA
321; a term for lust DhsA 364.
Suttantika
Suttantika versed in the Suttantas. A suttantika bhikkhu is one who knows the Suttas (contrasted with
vinayadhara, who knows the rules of the Vinaya) Vin ii.75. Cp. dhamma C 1 & pi&aka. -- Vin i.169; ii.75,
161; iii.159; J i.218; Miln 341; Vism 41, 72, 93; KhA 151. -- duka the Suttanta pairs, the pairs of terms
occurring in the Suttantas Dhs 1296 sq.; -- vatth(ni the physical bases of spiritual exercise in the Suttantas
Ps i.186.
Sutti
Sutti1 (f.) [cp. Sk. $ukti, given as pearl -- shell (Su$ruta), and as a perfume] in kuruvindakasutti a powder
for rubbing the body Vin ii.107; see sotti.
Sutti
Sutti2 (f.) [Sk. s(kti] a good saying Sdhp 340, 617.