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A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

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  1. n. A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
  2. n. A collection of such aphorisms.
  3. n. A link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/body">body of link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/hindoo">Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
  4. n. a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
  5. 1. (a) A link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/precept">precept; an link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/aphorism">aphorism; a brief rule. (b) A collection of such aphorisms. 2. pl. A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
  6. A link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/body">body of link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/hindoo">Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar,meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between theVedic and later Sanscrit literature. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
  7. n:100 n. a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization