| sthavira | स्थविर | °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.] |
| sthaviradāru | स्थविरदारु | sthavira—dāru n. a kind of wood, [Bhpr.] |
| sthaviragāthā | स्थविरगाथा | sthavira—gāthā f. a partic. section of Buddhist writings, [Divyāv.] |
| sthaviradyuti | स्थविरद्युति | sthavira—dyuti mfn. having the dignity of an ‘Elder’ (cf. above), [MBh.] |
| sthavirasthavira | स्थविरस्थविर | sthavira—sthavira m. pl. (prob.) the most venerable of the ‘Elders’, [Divyāv.] |