SV: what does sutta denote?

Lance and Bhikkhu Nyanatusita:

The mahaapadesa passage mentions a list of learned monks who are
dhammadharas, vinayadharas and maatikaadharas. The commentators appear to
agree on the denotation of the last two: Vinaya denotes the Vinaya and
maatikaa the two Paatimokkhas, which reflects a well-established tradition.
The contrast between the two corresponds in all likelihood to that between
Vinaye and Sutte of the mahaapadesa passage. But what about Dhammadhara ? It
is tempting to take it as referring to the dhamma of the suttantas. But
dhammadhara itself an ambiguous term. Commentators gloss dhamma in the
plural dhammaanam: dhara (keeper) of the rules ?

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