suttan.

Brit.

/ˈsuːtə/, U.S.

/ˈsutə/

Forms:

α. 1800s suttan.

β. 1800s– sutta.

Origin: A borrowing from Pali. Etymon: Pali sutta.

Etymology: < Pali sutta (nominative singular suttaṃ ), probably originally < Sanskrit sūkta type of instructive verse litany, literally ‘(that which has been) spoken well’ ( < su- good (see eu- comb. form) + ukta , past participle of vac- to speak: see voice n.), with subsequent reinterpretation as a reflex of Sanskrit sūtra sutra n. Compare earlier sutra n.

Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: a Buddhist sacred text in the form of a discourse attributed to the Buddha; (with capital initial and chiefly with the) (the name of) a collection of such discourses, constituting one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka, the sacred canon of Theravada Buddhism. Also: a Jain sacred text. Cf. sutra n. 2a, 2b.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term sutra n. is typically used.

ΚΠ

1836 G. Turnour tr. Milinda Panha in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 5 531 As if immersed in the (waters of) the ‘Abhidhamma’ and ‘Wineyo’, secured (at the same time) in the meshes of the net of the ‘Suttans’.

1892 R. S. Copleston Buddhism Primitive & Present 36 (note) Whatever be the date of the Sutta which contains it [sc. the visit of Asita], it certainly belongs to the older cycle of traditions.

1924 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 44 81 According to tradition the language of the old Jain Suttas was Ārṣa, which is also called Ardhamāgadhī.

1995 Tricycle Spring 20/1 The Three Pitakas—the Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma, comprising 84,000 discourses, all delivered by Buddha during his ministry of forty-five years.

2020 Kashmir Times (Nexis) 17 Aug. He relentlessly engaged with the Buddhist suttas as he did with the works of social theorists, historians and legal scholars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	sutta
释义	suttan. Brit. /ˈsuːtə/, U.S. /ˈsutə/ Forms: α. 1800s suttan. β. 1800s– sutta. Origin: A borrowing from Pali. Etymon: Pali sutta. Etymology: < Pali sutta (nominative singular suttaṃ ), probably originally < Sanskrit sūkta type of instructive verse litany, literally ‘(that which has been) spoken well’ ( < su- good (see eu- comb. form) + ukta , past participle of vac- to speak: see voice n.), with subsequent reinterpretation as a reflex of Sanskrit sūtra sutra n. Compare earlier sutra n. Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: a Buddhist sacred text in the form of a discourse attributed to the Buddha; (with capital initial and chiefly with the) (the name of) a collection of such discourses, constituting one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka, the sacred canon of Theravada Buddhism. Also: a Jain sacred text. Cf. sutra n. 2a, 2b.In Mahayana Buddhism the related term sutra n. is typically used. ΚΠ 1836 G. Turnour tr. Milinda Panha in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 5 531 As if immersed in the (waters of) the ‘Abhidhamma’ and ‘Wineyo’, secured (at the same time) in the meshes of the net of the ‘Suttans’. 1892 R. S. Copleston Buddhism Primitive & Present 36 (note) Whatever be the date of the Sutta which contains it [sc. the visit of Asita], it certainly belongs to the older cycle of traditions. 1924 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 44 81 According to tradition the language of the old Jain Suttas was Ārṣa, which is also called Ardhamāgadhī. 1995 Tricycle Spring 20/1 The Three Pitakas—the Sutta, Vinaya, Abhidhamma, comprising 84,000 discourses, all delivered by Buddha during his ministry of forty-five years. 2020 Kashmir Times (Nexis) 17 Aug. He relentlessly engaged with the Buddhist suttas as he did with the works of social theorists, historians and legal scholars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1836
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