suttomat

Suttomat is a term with ambiguous meaning that has appeared in a small cluster of online glossaries and discussions, but there is no widely accepted definition. In some contexts it is described as a neologism formed from sutra or sutta, the canonical scriptures of South Asian traditions, combined with automaton or automation, suggesting a device or system designed to handle scriptures automatically. In other discussions, suttomat is used as a generic label for software or hardware aimed at processing, indexing, or summarizing sutras and related texts, often within debates on automation and digital humanities. A separate usage appears in speculative fiction or creative writing, where suttomat denotes an imagined autonomous machine capable of reciting, interpreting, or generating discourse based on scriptures.

Etymology remains uncertain. The most plausible explanation is a portmanteau of sutra/sutta and automaton or automation, but there is no authoritative linguistic analysis to confirm this origin. Because the term is not standardized, its interpretation depends on context. When using suttomat, authors are advised to define the term clearly to avoid ambiguity.

See also: sutra, sutra study, automaton, automation, natural language processing, neologism.