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sthaviḥ	स्थविः 1 A weaver. -2 Heaven. -3 A moveable thing. -4 Fire.

sthavira	स्थविर a. [स्था-किरच् स्थवादेशः] 1 Fixed, firm, steady. -2 Old, aged, ancient; न तेन स्थविरो भवति येनास्य पलितं शिरः । बालो$पि यः प्रजानाति तं देवाः स्थविरं विदुः ॥ Mb.3.133. 11. -रः 1 An old man; ऊर्ध्वं प्राणा ह्युत्क्रामन्ति यूनः स्थविर आयति । प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां पुनस्तान् प्रतिपद्यते ॥ Ms.2.12. -2 A beggar. -3 N. of Brahman. -रा An old woman; स्थविरे का त्वं, अयमर्भकः कस्य नयनानन्दकरः Dk. -Comp. -द्युति a. having the dignity of an elder; ऋषेः पुत्रो महातेजा बालो$पि स्थविरद्युतिः Rām.1.5.8.

sthaviṣṭha	स्थविष्ठ a. Greatest, very strong, largest (superl. of स्थूल q. v.) मनोमयं सूक्ष्ममुपेत्य रूपं मात्रा स्वरो वर्ण इति स्थविष्ठः Bhāg.11.12.17.

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sthaviman	m. [√ sthû] broad part, breadth (V.); -ira, a. (î, V.; â, V., C.) broad, thick, stout (V., rarely E.); mighty (V.); (full-grown), old, aged, venerable, respected (V., C., but not in RV.): e kâle or bhâve, in old age; (stháv)-ishtha, spv. (of sthû-ra or sthû-la) thickest, largest, stoutest; very thick or solid; (stháv)-îyas, cpv. thicker, stouter, mightier.

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sthavira	Literally ‘elder,’ is used as a sort of epithet of several men; Sthavira śākalya occurs in the Aitareya Araṇ- yaka and the śāñkhāyana Araṇyaka, and Sthavira Jātūkarṇya in the Kausītaki Brāhmaṇa. Cf. the names Hrasva and Dīrgha.

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prāntarikṣāt	sthāvirīs (JB. sthāvarīs) te asṛkṣata SV.2.236c; JB.3.58. See next.

yuvadbhya	sthavirebhyaḥ AVP.9.6.11b.

asarji	vāṃ sthavirā vedhasā gīḥ # RV.1.181.7a.

ādartā	vajraṃ sthaviraṃ na bhīmaḥ # RV.4.20.6c.

ā	vāṃ vahantu sthavirāso aśvāḥ # RV.7.67.4c.

indrasya	bāhū sthavirau vṛṣāṇau (SV. yuvānau) # AVś.19.13.1a; AVP.7.4.1a; SV.2.1219a; GB.2.1.18. First stanza of the apratiratha-hymn in the Atharvan version: see under apratiratha, and āśuḥ śiśāno.

indro	vājasya sthavirasya dātā # RV.6.37.5a.

ugra	ugrebhi sthaviraḥ sahodāḥ # RV.1.171.5d.

ugrasya	yūna (MS. yūnaḥ) sthavirasya ghṛṣveḥ # RV.3.46.1b; MS.4.14.14b: 238.7.

ugrā	ta indra sthavirasya bāhū # AVś.19.15.4c; AVP.3.35.4c. See ṛṣvā ta.

upastha	(MS. upasthā) indraṃ sthaviraṃ bibharti # MS.3.8.4d: 97.2; KS.8.17d; TB.2.4.2.7d.

ṛṣvā	ta indra sthavirasya bāhū # RV.6.47.8c; TB.2.7.13.4c; N.7.6. See ugrā ta.

kratuṃ	na nṛmṇaṃ sthaviraṃ ca vājam # ArS.4.11c.

gṛṣṭiḥ	sasūva sthaviraṃ tavāgām # RV.4.18.10a.

tejo	yaśasvi sthaviraṃ samiddham (śG. samṛddham; VārG. -viraṃ ca dhṛṣṇu) # śG.2.1.30b; PG.2.2.10b (crit. notes; see Speijer, Jātakarma, p. 22); HG.1.4.6b; ApMB.2.2.11b; VārG.5.9b.

tveṣaṃ	hy asya sthavirasya nāma # RV.7.100.3d; MS.4.14.5d: 221.10; TB.2.4.3.5d.

dhruvas	tiṣṭhāvicācaliḥ (AVśṃS.KS. -vicācalat) # RV.10.173.1b; AVś.6.87.1b; VS.12.11b; TS.4.2.1.4b; 5.2.1.4; MS.2.7.8b: 85.11; KS.16.8b; 35.7b; śB.6.7.3.7; TB.2.4.2.8b.

nir	aṣṭhaviṣam (Vait. aṣṭa-, misprint for aṣṭha-) asmṛtam # GB.1.2.7b; Vait.12.8b; Apś.10.13.11b.

pumān	antarvān sthaviraḥ payasvān # AVś.9.4.3a.

pṛṅktaṃ	vājasya sthavirasya ghṛṣveḥ # RV.7.93.2d.

pra	tuvidyumnasya sthavirasya ghṛṣveḥ # RV.6.18.12a.

prāntar	ṛṣaya sthāvirīr asṛkṣata # RV.9.86.4c. See prec.

balavijñāya	(KS. -yas; AVPṣVṃS. -yaḥ) sthaviraḥ pravīraḥ # RV.10.103.5a; AVś.19.13.5a; AVP.7.4.5a; SV.2.1203a; VS.17.37a; TS.4.6.4.2a; MS.2.10.4a: 136.2; KS.18.5a.

bṛhadbhir	vājai (MS. -jaiḥ; KS. -jais) sthavirebhir asme # RV.6.1.11c; MS.4.13.6c: 207.12; KS.18.20c; TB.3.6.10.5c.

mahat	tad ulbaṃ sthaviraṃ tad āsīt # RV.10.51.1a; N.6.35. Cf. BṛhD.7.80.

mahi	kṣatraṃ sthaviraṃ vṛṣṇyaṃ ca # RV.1.54.8d.

mā	no hiṃsīḥ (śG.3.4.2c, hiṃsī) sthaviraṃ mā kumāram # śG.1.7.9c; 3.4.2c.

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sthavirakauṇḍinya	name of an ancient writer of Pratisakhya works who is quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya confer, compare Taittirīya Prātiśākhya.XVII. 4.

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sthaviraḥ	a very old man	SB 9.7.19

sthavirāḥ	and old people	SB 10.25.27

sthaviraiḥ	by the elders	SB 10.39.27

sthaviraiḥ	invalid	SB 1.11.23

sthaviram	old	SB 10.36.34

sthavirau	elderly	SB 12.3.42

sthaviṣṭhaḥ	abundant	SB 12.2.22

sthaviṣṭhaḥ	grossly material	SB 2.1.24

sthaviṣṭhāḥ	solid	SB 12.9.11

sthaviṣṭhaḥ	the gross form	SB 11.12.17

sthaviṣṭham	gross universal	SB 4.9.13

sthaviṣṭham	the gross	SB 5.26.38

sthaviṣṭhe	in the gross	SB 2.1.38

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sthaviman	noun (masculine) breadth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) broad part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the thick end (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 71755/72933

sthavira	noun (masculine) an old man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 12741/72933

sthavira	adjective ancient (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) broad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) old (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) solid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) strong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) thick (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) venerable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 4409/72933

sthavira	noun (neuter) benzoin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 25957/72933

sthaviraka	adjective sthavira Frequency rank 71756/72933

sthavirā	noun (feminine) a kind of plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) an old woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 41205/72933

sthaviṣṭha	adjective (superl. of sthūra) very broad or thick or solid or strong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 17423/72933

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sthavi	vṛddhā, jīrṇā, sthavirā, gatāyūḥ, vayogatā, jaraṇā, jaraṭhā, jarāturā, jarāpariṇatā, jaraṇḍā, jīrṇavatī, vayaskā, pravayāḥ, vayodhikā, jīnā, jaratī, palitā, paliknī yā gatavayaskā asti। divākaraḥ vṛddhāṃ mārgapāraṃ kṛtvā dadāti।
sthavi	vṛddha, jīrṇa, sthavira, vayovṛddha, gatāyū, gatavayaska, vayogata, jarin, jaraṇa, jaraṭha, jarotura, jaraṇḍa yaḥ vayasā adhikaḥ। vṛddhānāṃ kṛte atra vinā śulkaṃ sevā upalabdhā asti।
sthavi	ghana, piṇḍa, saghana, sthavira, khara, saṃhata, bahala yasya ākāraḥ suniścitaḥ tathā ca yaḥ dravarūpo vāyurūpo vā nāsti। śilā ghanā asti।
sthavi	vṛddhaḥ, jīrṇaḥ, sthaviraḥ, vayovṛddhaḥ, gatāyūḥ, gatavayaskaḥ, vayogataḥ, jarī, jaraṇaḥ, jarāturaḥ, jaraṇḍaḥ, jaran, jīrṇavān, vayaskaḥ, pravayāḥ, vayodhikaḥ, atītavayāḥ, uttaravayāḥ, uttaravayaskaḥ, ativayaskaḥ gatayauvanaḥ। asmān vṛddhāṃ sevitum atra kopi nāsti। / vṛddhāste na vicāraṇīyacaritāḥ
sthavi	sthavira vṛddhaḥ tathā ca pūjyaḥ। etad rameśasya sthavirasya pitāmahasya citram asti।
sthavi	sthaviraḥ, śaileyam sugandhitā vanaspatiḥ। saḥ sthaviram unmūlayati।
sthavi	sthaviraḥ bauddhabhikṣūṇāṃ ekaḥ sampradāyaḥ। saḥ sthavirasya anuyāyī asti।
sthavi	sthaviraḥ ekaṃ gurukulam । sthavirasya ullekhaḥ bauddhasāhitye vartate

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