sūtraḍāra | सूत्रडार | sUtraDAra

sūtra—ḍāra | सूत्र—डार | m. ‘rule or thread-holder’, an architect, carpenter, MBh.; VarBṛS.
a stage-manager (or principal actor who superintends the whole performance; accord. to some he was originally so called from holding the strings of puppets; his assistants are the pāripārṣvika | पारिपार्ष्विक | and sṭāpaka | स्टापक |, qq.vv.), Bhar.; Sāh. &c.
N. of Indra, L.
sūtra—ḍāra | सूत्र—डार | mf(I)n. being the chief or leading person at any performance (comp.), Bālar.

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