…The original meaning was “thread,” and it is thought that it came to mean the outline that runs through the teachings, like threading flowers to make a garland. Buddhism also followed this example, and collectively called the written compilation of Shakyamuni’s teachings “sutra” (in Pali, “sutta”) (however, many Buddhist “scriptures” are not stylistically in the sutra style). In Chinese translations, it is transliterated as “shutara,” and is translated as “kyo,” “keikyo,” “kankyo,” etc. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "sutta" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…原義は〈糸〉で,花を貫いて花輪とするように,教法を貫く綱要の意となったと考えられる。仏教もこれにならい釈迦の教法を文章にまとめたものを総称してスートラ(パーリ語ではスッタsutta)と呼んだ(ただし,仏教の〈経典〉には文体的にはスートラ体といえないものが多い)。漢訳では修多羅と音写され,経,契経,貫経などと訳される。… ※「sutta」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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