user295: There are two sutta related tags which perhaps need to be merged:

suttas
sutras

After they are merged it needs to be tested is both can be used but maps to one tag.
Similarly some of the other tags could also be merged, if both can be used.

user157: I would say yes. The best thing would be to use synonyms in my opinion. High rep users such as yourself can suggest them but to be honest since we are a smaller site they never get enough users to approve them. Mods can approve them with one vote though - happy to do it if you think it's a good idea.
Cheers

user43: We had a meta question on Sanskrit vs. Pali as preferred language for tags and questions, and while I was in favor of Sanskrit as a more linguistically complete language of the two, a decision was never made.

user120: I wonder if they have the same use in practice. In my experience, Mahayana Buddhists tend to use 'sutra' and Theravada Buddhists tend to use 'sutta'. 
Although it wouldn't seem incorrect to me to call discourses in the Pāli Canon 'sutras' it doesn't go both ways. One example of a different extensional usage would be, e.g., the Lotus Sutra. I have never heard anyone call it the 'Lotus Sutta' (same for Heart Sutra) and that seems like a really weird thing to do. So, it might be useful to have separate tags for these reasons.

user-1: 
Should we merge the 2 Sutta related tags?

Sounds like a good idea. I vote yes.

295: <p>There are two sutta related tags which perhaps need to be merged:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/suttas" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;suttas&#39;" rel="tag">suttas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sutras" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;sutras&#39;" rel="tag">sutras</a></li>
</ul>

<p>After they are merged it needs to be tested is both can be used but maps to one tag.</p>

<p>Similarly some of the other tags could also be merged, if both can be used.</p>
 157: <p>I would say yes. The best thing would be to use synonyms in my opinion. High rep users such as yourself <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms">can suggest them</a> but to be honest since we are a smaller site they never get enough users to approve them. Mods can approve them with one vote though - happy to do it if you think it's a good idea.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>
 43: <p>We had <a href="https://buddhism.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/236/what-language-should-we-favour-in-the-text-of-a-question-e-g-kamma-or-karma-or/238#238">a meta question</a> on Sanskrit vs. Pali as preferred language for tags and questions, and while I was in favor of Sanskrit as a more linguistically complete language of the two, a decision was never made.</p>
 120: <p>I wonder if they have the same use in practice. In my experience, Mahayana Buddhists tend to use 'sutra' and Theravada Buddhists tend to use 'sutta'. </p>

<p>Although it wouldn't seem incorrect to me to call discourses in the Pāli Canon 'sutras' it doesn't go both ways. One example of a different extensional usage would be, e.g., the Lotus Sutra. I have never heard anyone call it the 'Lotus Sutta' (same for Heart Sutra) and that seems like a really weird thing to do. So, it might be useful to have separate tags for these reasons.</p>
 -1: <blockquote>
  <p>Should we merge the 2 Sutta related tags?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Sounds like a good idea. I vote yes.</p>
