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sthaviraस्थविर°viṣṭha. See p. 1265.
. See p. 1265, col. 2.
sthávira mf(A or I)n. (cf. sthāvara, p. 1264) broad, thick, compact, solid, strong, powerful, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
old, ancient, venerable (°re kāle or bhāve, ‘in old age’), [Br.] &c. &c.
sthávira m. an old man, [W.]
(with Buddhists) an ‘Elder’ (N. of the oldest and most venerable Bhikṣus), [MWB. 184]; [255] &c.
N. of Brahmā, [L.]
(pl.) N. of a school (also ārya-sth°), [Buddh.]
sthávira (am), n. benzoin, [L.]
sthaviradāruस्थविरदारुsthavira—dāru n. a kind of wood, [Bhpr.]
sthaviragāthāस्थविरगाथाsthavira—gāthā f. a partic. section of Buddhist writings, [Divyāv.]
sthaviradyutiस्थविरद्युतिsthavira—dyuti mfn. having the dignity of an ‘Elder’ (cf. above), [MBh.]
sthavirasthaviraस्थविरस्थविरsthavira—sthavira m. pl. (prob.) the most venerable of the ‘Elders’, [Divyāv.]