The word sūtrānta,
corresponding to Pali suttanta is found in
BHS, that is, in the Abhidharmakoṣabhāsya
146.3-4: sūtra-prāmāṇikāḥvayaṃ, na śāstra-
prāmāṇikāḥ. uktaṃ
hi Bhagavatā, sūtrānta-pratiśaraṇair
bhavitavyam
iti : ''We recognize the authority of the
sutras, but we do not recognize the authority of the sastras, for
the Blessed
One said (in the
Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra),
“ You should rely on sūtrāntas, [not on other scriptures].”