Sutra literature
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concept
Sutra literature is a body of sacred texts, primarily in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, composed in concise aphoristic form to systematically present spiritual teachings, doctrines, and practices.
Observed surface forms (31)
- Buddhist scripture ×21
- Jain scripture ×19
- Jain canonical text ×10
- Jain religious text ×8
- Zen Buddhist text ×8
- Buddhist text ×6
- Mahayana Buddhist scripture ×6
- Buddhist sutra ×4
- Buddhist sūtra ×3
- Yogācāra text ×3
- Chan Buddhist scripture ×2
- Dharmasutra ×2
- Mahayana Buddhist sutra ×2
- Mahayana sutra ×2
- canonical Buddhist text ×2
- early Buddhist text ×2
- Bhagavatī Sūtra ×1
- Buddhist discourse ×1
- Buddhist sermon ×1
- Buddhist text collection ×1
- Dharmasutra text ×1
- Hindu legal texts ×1
- Jain canonical text collection ×1
- Prajnaparamita text ×1
- Sanskrit grammar treatise ×1
- Shrauta literature ×1
- Smriti literature ×1
- Sūtra literature ×1
- canonical text in East Asian Buddhism ×1
- secondary Jain scriptures ×1
- sutra literature ×1
Instances (99)
- Guan Wuliangshou Jing via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
- Kanmuryōjukyō via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
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Sutta (Sutra)
via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
surface form: Sutta
- Buddhist tantras via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Yamaka via concept surface "canonical Buddhist text"
- Amitābha Sūtra via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Brahma Sutras
- Grihyasutras
- Aṣṭādhyāyī via concept surface "Sanskrit grammar treatise"
- The Buddha and His Dhamma via concept surface "Buddhist text"
- Adipurana via concept surface "Jain religious text"
- Angas via concept surface "Jain scripture"
- Chedasutras via concept surface "Jain canonical text collection"
- Mulasutras via concept surface "Jain scripture"
- Upangas via concept surface "secondary Jain scriptures"
- Shantipurana via concept surface "Jain religious text"
- Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch via concept surface "Chan Buddhist scripture"
- Blue Cliff Record via concept surface "Zen Buddhist text"
- Book of Serenity via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Āgamas via concept surface "early Buddhist text"
- Three Baskets via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Patimokkha via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Heart Sutra via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Tathāgatagarbha sutras via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
- Vinaya Pitaka via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Diamond Sutra via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
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Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra)
via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist sutra"
surface form: Avataṃsaka Sutra
- Abhidhamma Pitaka via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist sutra"
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Lankāvatāra Sutra
via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
surface form: Lankāvatāra Sūtra
- Lotus Sūtra via concept surface "Mahayana Buddhist scripture"
- Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Buddha’s discourses via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Dainichi-kyo via concept surface "Buddhist sutra"
- Kongōchō-kyō via concept surface "Buddhist sutra"
- Gautama Dharmasutra via concept surface "Dharmasutra"
- Sutta Pitaka via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Baudhayana Dharmasutra via concept surface "Dharmasutra"
- Shrauta Sutras
- Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) via concept surface "early Buddhist text"
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Shaunakiya Kalpasūtra (attributed)
via concept surface "Sūtra literature"
surface form: Shaunakiya Kalpasūtra
- Kalpa-sutras via concept surface "Shrauta literature"
- Shulbasutras
- Dharmasutras via concept surface "Hindu legal texts"
- Purva Mimamsa Sutras
- Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn via concept surface "Buddhist scripture"
- Mahavamsa via concept surface "Buddhist text"
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Bhadrika
via concept surface "Buddhist sermon"
surface form: Turning of the Wheel of Dharma discourse
- Jain Agamas via concept surface "Jain canonical text"
- Acaranga Sutra via concept surface "Jain scripture"