SUTRA, s[=oo]t'ra, _n._ in Sanskrit literature, the technical name of
aphoristic rules, and of works consisting of such rules--the groundworks of
the ritual, grammatical, metrical, and philosophical literature of India
being written in this form.
SUTTEE, sut-t[=e]', _n._ a usage long prevalent in India, in accordance
with which, on the death of her husband, the faithful widow burned herself
on the funeral pyre along with her husband's body.--_n._ SUTTEE'ISM, the
practice of self-immolation among Hindu widows. [Sans. _satí_, a true
wife.]