Sutras

Sacred aphoristic texts

Sutras appears capitalized in titles of specific texts or when referring to a particular collection as a proper name: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Pali Sutras. (Lowercase sutras is the general term for these texts.)

yoga

asana

Yoga body position

  • pranayamaYogic breath control technique
  • vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
  • hathaPhysical yoga discipline

ashtanga · samadhi · mudra · kundalini · chakras

titles

lotus

Sacred aquatic flower

kama · yoga

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religious/scriptural tradition

SutrasBible

Christian sacred writings

Torah · Quran · Gospels · New Testament · Old Testament

textual form and style

Sutrasexegesis

Critical textual interpretation

epic · commentaries · narrative · treatise · epic narratives

knowledge transmission

Sutrasoral tradition

Culture passed by speech

tantra

Phrases
Family

sutra

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