[sūtr-ac] 1 A thread, string, line, cord; puṣpamālānuṣaṃgeṇa sūtraṃ śira- si dhāryate Subhāsh.; maṇau vajrasamutkī- rṇe sūtrasyevāsti me gātiḥ R. 1. 4.

2 A fibre; surāṃganā karṣati khaṃḍitāgrātsūtraṃ mṛṇālādiva rājahaṃsī V. 1. 18, Ku. 1. 40.

3 A wire.

4 A collection of threads.

5 The sacred thread or sa- crificial cord worn by members of the first three classes; śikhāsūtravān brāhmaṇaḥ Tarka K.

6 The...