Should be "among" instead?

In the Buddhist sutras, there is a story about a fox in the Kingdom of Vimala.

Should it be “among” instead?

Thanks.

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I agree. Since ‘sutras’ is the plural of ‘sutra’ which in most cases also refers to a plural the preposition ‘among’ is the right choice here.

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I think that ‘in’ suggesting ‘you will find inside’ better suggests what you will discover within the ‘sutras’. For me ‘among’ tends to indicate ‘In the middle of’ and very often relates to people

Example -

Among the Philosophers of the Ancient World you will find …,

In the writings of the Philosophers of the the Ancient World you can read …

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